Elections in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe government consists of an elected head of state, the president, and a legislature. The presidential term lasts for 5 years, and is elected by majority, with a second round if no candidate receives a majority in the first round.^[1] The Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the House of Assembly and Senate. Following the 2013 constitution, the House of Assembly has 270 members. 210 are elected for five-year terms by single-member constituencies. Furthermore, the constitution specifies that for the two first parliaments, there are 60 additional seats reserved for women, 6 seats per province, which are filled based on the votes for in the single-member constituencies, using party-list proportional representation, distributed using the largest remainder method and the hare quota.^[2]^[3] The Senate has 80 members: 60 are elected for five-year terms in 6-member constituencies representing one of the 10 provinces, elected based on the votes in the lower house election, using party-list proportional representation, distributed using the hare quota. Additionally the senate consists of 2 seats for each non-metropolitan district of Zimbabwe elected by each provincial assembly of chiefs using SNTV,^[4] 1 seat each for the president and deputy president of the National Council of Chiefs and 1 male and 1 female seat for people with disabilities elected on separate ballots using FPTP by an electoral college designated by the National Disability Board.^[2]^[3]

Zimbabwe is a one party dominant state; the dominant party being the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front. Opposition parties are permitted, including the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa and the MDC–T led by Thokozani Khuphe, both formations of the original Movement for Democratic Change created in 1999. Recent elections (March 2008) have witnessed former ruling party finance minister Simba Makoni standing as an independent presidential candidate.

Latest elections

President

Mnangagwa was re-elected president.^[5]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emmerson Mnangagwa	ZANU–PF	2,350,711	52.60
	Nelson Chamisa	Citizens Coalition for Change	1,967,343	44.03
	Wilbert Mubaiwa	National People’s Congress	53,517	1.20
	Douglas Mwonzora	Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai	28,883	0.65
	Joseph Makamba Busha	FreeZim Congress	18,816	0.42
	Blessing Kasiyamhuru	Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity	13,060	0.29
	Tapiwa Trust Chikohora	Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development Party	10,230	0.23
	Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa	United African National Council	7,053	0.16
	Elisabeth Valerio	United Zimbabwe Alliance	6,989	0.16
	Harry Peter Wilson	Democratic Opposition Party	6,743	0.15
	Lovemore Madhuku	National Constitutional Assembly	5,323	0.12
Total			4,468,668	100.00

Valid votes			4,468,668	97.97
Invalid/blank votes			92,553	2.03
Total votes			4,561,221	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,623,511	68.86
Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, ZEC

Results by province

Results by Province^[6]
Province	Joseph Makamba Busha		Nelson Chamisa		Tapiwa Trust Chikohora		Blessing Kasiyamhuru		Lovemore Madhuku		Emmerson Mnangagwa		Wilbert Mubaiwa		Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa		Douglas Mwonzora		Elisabeth Valerio		Harry Peter Wilson		Total Votes Rejected		Total Votes Cast	Total Valid Votes Cast	Voter Population	Voter Turnout %
	FreeZim Congress		CCC		ZCPD		ZIPP		NCA		ZANU–PF		NPC		UANC		MDC-T		UZA		DOP

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bulawayo	437	0.26	131,037	78.52	306	0.18	255	0.15	129	0.08	31,053	18.61	1,389	0.83	230	0.14	1,004	0.60	803	0.48	249	0.15	2,040	1.21	168,932	166,892	287,352	58.79
Harare	1,236	0.17	517,494	71.46	778	0.11	804	0.11	543	0.07	193,881	26.77	4,958	0.68	470	0.06	2,337	0.32	1,365	0.19	325	0.04	10,071	1.37	734,262	724,191	1,084,601	67.70
Manicaland	2,496	0.45	240,672	43.47	1,547	0.28	1,814	0.33	1,074	0.19	290,960	52.56	8,588	1.55	993	0.18	3,891	0.70	713	0.13	877	0.16	11,354	2.01	564,979	553,625	829,324	68.13
Mashonaland Central	2,089	0.44	95,508	19.97	785	0.16	1,289	0.27	455	0.10	370,175	77.41	4,058	0.85	586	0.12	2,280	0.48	358	0.07	648	0.14	9,200	1.89	487,431	478,231	625,968	77.87
Mashonaland East	1,435	0.26	184,827	33.51	892	0.16	914	0.17	415	0.08	354,081	64.20	5,101	0.92	671	0.12	2,178	0.39	435	0.08	563	0.10	10,694	1.90	562,206	551,512	773,281	72.70
Mashonaland West	2,579	0.47	209,744	38.10	1,165	0.21	1,667	0.30	529	0.10	323,523	58.77	5,664	1.03	825	0.15	3,157	0.57	757	0.14	887	0.16	13,931	2.47	564,428	550,497	785,583	71.85
Masvingo	2,634	0.53	167,813	33.96	1,454	0.29	2,240	0.45	637	0.13	307,383	62.21	6,798	1.38	908	0.18	2,825	0.57	540	0.11	896	0.18	11,087	2.19	505,215	494,128	723,934	69.79
Matabeleland North	1,425	0.65	111,609	51.03	955	0.44	1,060	0.48	489	0.22	91,306	41.74	5,356	2.45	751	0.34	4,249	1.94	826	0.38	703	0.32	6,594	2.93	225,323	218,729	371,701	60.62
Matabeleland South	1,331	0.76	80,365	45.89	970	0.55	1,035	0.59	416	0.24	82,511	47.12	3,997	2.28	702	0.40	2,673	1.53	503	0.29	612	0.35	4,772	2.65	179,887	175,115	300,768	59.81
Midlands	3,154	0.57	228,274	41.08	1,378	0.25	1,982	0.36	636	0.11	305,838	55.03	7,608	1.37	917	0.17	4,289	0.77	689	0.12	983	0.18	12,810	2.25	568,558	555,748	840,999	67.61
National Total	18,816	0.42	1,967,343	44.03	10,230	0.23	13,060	0.29	5,323	0.12	2,350,711	52.60	53,517	1.20	7,053	0.16	28,883	0.65	6,989	0.16	6,743	0.15	92,553	2.03	4,561,221	4,468,668	6,623,511	68.86

House of Assembly

The National Assembly has 210 single-member constituencies, the results of which are shown below.^[7] The remaining 70 seats comprises 60 seats which are reserved for women, six seats in each province, and 10 seats for youth, one seat in each province, which are filled based on the votes in the single-member constituencies using party-list proportional representation, distributed using the largest remainder method and the Hare quota.

On election day itself ZANU–PF won 136 seats and the CCC 73, with ZANU–PF retaining its rural base and the CCC capturing the urban vote.^[8]^[9]^[10] Voting in the Gutu West constituency was postponed to 11 November after one of the candidates died shortly before the elections.^[11] Following the parliamentary election in Gutu West, 65.24% of the constituency seats went to ZANU-PF and 34.76% of the constituency seats went to the CCC.^[12]



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Common	Women	Youth	Total	+/–
	ZANU–PF	2,515,607	56.18	137	33	7	177	–2
	Citizens Coalition for Change	1,856,393	41.46	73	27	3	103	New
	Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai	15,307	0.34	0	0	0	0	–88
	Zimbabwe African People's Union	10,857	0.24	0	0	0	0	0
	United Zimbabwe Alliance	4,937	0.11	0	0	0	0	New
	National Constitutional Assembly	2,462	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
	Democratic Opposition Party	2,105	0.05	0	0	0	0	New
	FreeZim Congress	1,926	0.04	0	0	0	0	0
	Democratic Union of Zimbabwe	1,881	0.04	0	0	0	0	0
	Mthwakazi Republic Party	1,641	0.04	0	0	0	0	0
	Zimbabwe National Revival Party	1,271	0.03	0	0	0	0	New
	Zimbabwe African National Congress	628	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
	United African National Council	574	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
	Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development Party	434	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
	National People’s Congress	297	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
	Economic Freedom Fighters	286	0.01	0	0	0	0	New
	United Freedom Party	187	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
	Freedom Alliance	148	0.00	0	0	0	0	New
	Independents	60,445	1.35	0	0	0	0	–1
Total		4,477,386	100.00	210	60	10	280	+10

Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Zimbabwe Elections

Senate



Party		Seats	+/–
	ZANU–PF	33	–1
	Citizens Coalition for Change	27	New
Chiefs		18	0
Persons with disabilities		2	0
Total		80	0

Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission

MPs who lost their seats


Defeated	Party	Constituency	Defeated by	Party
Starman Chamisa^[13]	Citizens Coalition for Change	Mbare	Martin Matinyanya	ZANU–PF
Temba Mliswa^[14]	Independent	Norton	Richard Tsvangirai	Citizens Coalition for Change
Raj Modi^[15]	ZANU–PF	Bulawayo South	Nicola Watson	Citizens Coalition for Change
Mthuli Ncube^[16]	ZANU–PF	Cowdray Park	Pashor Raphael Sibanda	Citizens Coalition for Change

Referendums

On 12–13 February 2000, there was a constitutional referendum for increasing the powers of the president. These powers were to permit the government to confiscate White-owned land without compensation for the purpose of redistribution to Black farmers, and to give government officials immunity from prosecution.

"Yes" Votes 45.32%
"No" Votes 54.68%

References

^ "Part XVII, Section 110". ELECTORAL ACT. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. p. 63. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "3, 4". Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) (PDF). pp. 52–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Electoral Amendment Act 2014 [Act 6-2014]" (doc). Veritas Zimbabwe. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
^ "Part X, Section 44". ELECTORAL ACT. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. p. 35. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
^ "Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote". AP News. 26 August 2023.
^ "Zimbabwe Electoral Commission". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "Election Dashboard : Live Update Results 23 August 2023". zimbabweelections2023.co.zw. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ Banya, Nelson; Chingono, Nyasha (25 August 2023). "Zimbabwe braces for close election as early parliamentary results come in". Reuters. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Early results suggest closely fought Zimbabwe parliamentary polls". Daily Sabah. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Partial results suggest ZANU-PF's lead as election observers decry 'climate of fear'". SABC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "ZEC stops Gutu West election after death of retired soldier candidate". Nehanda Radio. 15 July 2023.
^ "2023 Elections Zimbabwe". Pindula. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ Murwira, Zvamaida (26 August 2023). "Zanu PF poised for landslide". The Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Masau, Problem. "Candidates concede defeat". NewsDay. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "Zimbabwe Elections 2023 Results: Deputy Minister Raj Modi Loses Parliamentary Seat To CCC's Watson". Pindula. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Muzavazi, Shakespeare (24 August 2023). "ZANU PF candidate locks borehole after losing to CCC; as Mthuli Ncube loses in Cowdray Park". Zw News Zimbabwe. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

External links

[zimbabwe_electoral_act_old-1] "Part XVII, Section 110". ELECTORAL ACT. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. p. 63. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[zimbabweconst-2] "3, 4". Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) (PDF). pp. 52–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

[zimbabwe_electoral_act_2014-3] "Electoral Amendment Act 2014 [Act 6-2014]" (doc). Veritas Zimbabwe. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[4] "Part X, Section 44". ELECTORAL ACT. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. p. 35. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[5] "Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote". AP News. 26 August 2023.

[6] "Zimbabwe Electoral Commission". Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[7] "Election Dashboard : Live Update Results 23 August 2023". zimbabweelections2023.co.zw. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[8] Banya, Nelson; Chingono, Nyasha (25 August 2023). "Zimbabwe braces for close election as early parliamentary results come in". Reuters. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[9] "Early results suggest closely fought Zimbabwe parliamentary polls". Daily Sabah. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[10] "Partial results suggest ZANU-PF's lead as election observers decry 'climate of fear'". SABC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[11] "ZEC stops Gutu West election after death of retired soldier candidate". Nehanda Radio. 15 July 2023.

[12] "2023 Elections Zimbabwe". Pindula. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[13] Murwira, Zvamaida (26 August 2023). "Zanu PF poised for landslide". The Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[14] Masau, Problem. "Candidates concede defeat". NewsDay. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[15] "Zimbabwe Elections 2023 Results: Deputy Minister Raj Modi Loses Parliamentary Seat To CCC's Watson". Pindula. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[16] Muzavazi, Shakespeare (24 August 2023). "ZANU PF candidate locks borehole after losing to CCC; as Mthuli Ncube loses in Cowdray Park". Zw News Zimbabwe. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

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Elections in Zimbabwe

Latest elections

President

Results by province

House of Assembly

Senate

MPs who lost their seats

Referendums

See also

References

External links

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