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CANDIDATE NUMBER OF VOTES ACTUAL PERCENT VOTE
MAKONI HERBERT STANLEY SIMBA 207 470 8.3%
MUGABE,ROBERT GABRIEL 1 079 730 43.2%
TOWUNGANA,LANGTON 14 503 0.6%
TSVANGIRAI MORGAN 1 195 562 47.9%
TOTAL VALID VOTES 2 497 265 100%
SPOILED BALLOTS 39 975
TOTAL VOTES CAST 2 537 240
PERCENTAGE POLL 42.7%
Since all candidates had failed to meet the 50% +1 vote requirement, the Electoral Act
demanded that a Run Off be undertaken within 21 days as outlined in Section 110 of the
Electoral Act.
As was manifest in parliamentary results, closer analysis of votes spread point to visible thin
margin scenarios. In Mashonaland West, while out of the 255 161 total valid vote cast in the
presidential elections, Robert Gabriel Mugabe won 134 750 [52.8 %] against Morgan
Tsvangirai’s 107 345 [42.1 %], the visibility of the opposition is very high as out of the 22
constituencies in the province, the opposition had majority votes in 9 constituencies, namely,
Chegutu West, Chinhoyi, Hurungwe West, Kadoma Central, Kariba, Magunje, Mhondoro-
Mubaiwa, Mhangura, and Norton. While in all the 4 Zvimba constituencies, the ruling party
candidate emerged with the majority, competition is also visibly manifest, especially in Zvimba
West and Zvimba East.
In Manicaland, Morgan Tsvangirai was on the lead with 212 029 votes while Robert Mugabe
had 141 592 votes. In the Midlands, results reflect tight contest scenarios with Robert Mugabe
winning 166 831 votes while Morgan Tsvangirai had 153 288 votes. The impression is that
people who may have voted for their party candidates at parliamentary level may have
switched to the MDC or independent presidential candidate. Scenarios in the Midlands
province suggest that it is a ZANU PF stronghold at parliamentary level, the case is not
necessarily assured at the presidential level. The presidential vote may be a pointer to possible
emerging fissures within the ruling party which if not well managed could tilt the presidential
vote to the opposition.
In Mashonaland East, the ruling party presidential candidate Robert Mugabe was on the lead
with 160 965 votes while Morgan Tsvangirai had 119 661 votes. This trend was also manifest
in Mashonaland Central where Robert Mugabe led with 157 626 votes while Tsvangirai had 75
722 votes, almost half of the ruling party presidential candidate. As was the case at
parliamentary, senatorial and local election levels, in Hararre, the MDC presidential candidate
emerged in the lead with 227 166 votes while Robert Gabriel Mugabe 61 215 votes, almost
close to the new presidential candidate Simba Makoni who had 25 234 votes. Provincial
presidential vote distribution was as below:
PROVINCIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SPREAD
Simba Makoni Mugabe Robert Towungana Tsvangirai Morgan Total Valid Votes
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