2023 Zimbabwean general election

2023 Zimbabwean general election

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Registered6,623,511 (Increase 16.29%)
Turnout68.86% (Decrease 16.24pp)
 
Candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa Nelson Chamisa
Party ZANU–PF CCC
Popular vote 2,350,711 1,967,343
Percentage 52.60% 44.03%

President before election

Emmerson Mnangagwa
ZANU–PF

Elected President

Emmerson Mnangagwa
ZANU–PF


All 280 seats in the National Assembly
141 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
ZANU–PF Emmerson Mnangagwa 56.18 177 −2
CCC Nelson Chamisa 41.46 103 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

60 of the 80 seats in the Senate
41 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
ZANU–PF Emmerson Mnangagwa 33 −1
CCC Nelson Chamisa 27 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Maps

General elections were held throughout Zimbabwe on 23 and 24 August 2023 to elect the president, legislators and councillors. The main race for presidential office was between two candidates of Karanga origin: ZANU–PF's Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and Citizens Coalition for Change's Nelson Chamisa. The voter rolls for the election increased to 6.5 million, up from 5.8 million in 2018.

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission spoke about the delays citing that they would compensate for the delays meaning if the polling station was opened at 11am, it would close at 11pm to ensure that there is 12 hours of voting. There were some reports from the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation that about 5 wards in Manicaland people did not manage to vote at all because of logistical difficulties which were faced by the ZEC. About 35 more were delayed, of which 11 of them were in the capital of the country, Harare, which ultimately lead to ZEC declaring 24 August 2023, also as a voting day although voting is supposed to take place within one day according to Zimbabwean law.

Political parties competed for one presidential seat, 1,970 council seats and 280 parliamentary seats, and 60 senate seats to be elected for a five-year term. As per the Constitution of Zimbabwe, a presidential candidate must obtain a simple majority of the vote to be declared elected in the first round. If no candidate secures a majority, a runoff election is held between the two candidates with the highest number of votes, the winner of which is then declared elected.

The general population feared possible violence during the election because both sides have a history of political violence. Preelectoral polls[which?] suggested a runoff was likely.

Electoral system

Presidential Election

The president of Zimbabwe is elected using the two-round system.

Parliamentary Election

The 280 members of the National Assembly consist of 210 members elected in single-member constituencies along with 60 women and 10 youth seats elected by proportional representation in ten seven-seat constituencies based on the country's provinces. Voters cast a single vote, which is counted for both forms of election. The 80 members of the Senate include 60 members elected from ten six-member constituencies (also based on the provinces) by proportional representation using party lists; the lists must have a woman at the top and alternate between men and women. The other 20 seats include two reserved for persons with disabilities and 18 for traditional chiefs.

Local Authority Election

The Local Authority elections consist of 1970 members elected in single-member ward along with 603 seats reserved for women elected by proportional representation in local authorities based on an additional 30% of seats in a local authority being reserved for women. Voters cast a single vote, which is counted for both forms of election.

Presidential candidates

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission approved 11 candidates, but disqualified Saviour Kasukuwere for failing to meet residency requirements. The approved candidates include:

Campaign

The main issue of the election campaign was inflation and the economic crisis which had been exacerbated by the hyperinflation of the new Zimbabwean dollar.

The number of women candidates declined significantly compared to previous elections in 2018.

Conduct

A Commonwealth observer mission was invited as part of an attempt to restore Zimbabwe's membership in the Commonwealth. A lack of ballot papers disrupted voting.

Election day was extended by another day following ballot delays. This was after overnight queues. Accusations of vote rigging were made. There were reportedly delays of up to 10 hours in opposition stronghold areas. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission acknowledged the late distribution of ballot papers at some polling stations and blamed it on printing delays “arising from numerous court challenges”. 41 poll monitors were arrested during the election, being accused of illegally attempting to announce results before the state elections body.

Results

President

Mnangagwa was re-elected president.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Emmerson MnangagwaZANU–PF2,350,71152.60
Nelson ChamisaCitizens Coalition for Change1,967,34344.03
Wilbert MubaiwaNational People’s Congress53,5171.20
Douglas MwonzoraMovement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai28,8830.65
Joseph Makamba BushaFreeZim Congress18,8160.42
Blessing KasiyamhuruZimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity13,0600.29
Tapiwa Trust ChikohoraZimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development Party10,2300.23
Gwinyai Henry MuzorewaUnited African National Council7,0530.16
Elisabeth ValerioUnited Zimbabwe Alliance6,9890.16
Harry Peter WilsonDemocratic Opposition Party6,7430.15
Lovemore MadhukuNational Constitutional Assembly5,3230.12
Total4,468,668100.00
Valid votes4,468,66897.97
Invalid/blank votes92,5532.03
Total votes4,561,221100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,623,51168.86
Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, ZEC

Results by province

Results by Province
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

National Assembly

The National Assembly has 210 single-member constituencies, the results of which are shown below. 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. Voting in the Gutu West constituency was postponed to 11 November after one of the candidates died shortly before the elections. 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.

PartyVotes%Seats
CommonWomenYouthTotal+/–
ZANU–PF2,515,60756.18137337177–2
Citizens Coalition for Change1,856,39341.4673273103New
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai15,3070.340000–88
Zimbabwe African People's Union10,8570.2400000
United Zimbabwe Alliance4,9370.110000New
National Constitutional Assembly2,4620.0500000
Democratic Opposition Party2,1050.050000New
FreeZim Congress1,9260.0400000
Democratic Union of Zimbabwe1,8810.0400000
Mthwakazi Republic Party1,6410.0400000
Zimbabwe National Revival Party1,2710.030000New
Zimbabwe African National Congress6280.010000New
United African National Council5740.0100000
Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development Party4340.010000New
National People’s Congress2970.010000New
Economic Freedom Fighters2860.010000New
United Freedom Party1870.000000New
Freedom Alliance1480.000000New
Independents60,4451.350000–1
Total4,477,386100.002106010280+10
Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Zimbabwe Elections

Senate

PartySeats+/–
ZANU–PF33–1
Citizens Coalition for Change27New
Chiefs180
Persons with disabilities20
Total800
Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission

MPs who lost their seats

Defeated Party Constituency Defeated by Party
Starman Chamisa Citizens Coalition for Change Mbare Martin Matinyanya ZANU–PF
Temba Mliswa Independent Norton Richard Tsvangirai Citizens Coalition for Change
Raj Modi ZANU–PF Bulawayo South Nicola Watson Citizens Coalition for Change
Mthuli Ncube ZANU–PF Cowdray Park Pasho Raphael Sibanda Citizens Coalition for Change

See also


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