ZANU PF appeared headed for a landslide victory last night in the House of Assembly elections after the first batch of results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission showed that it had won 25 of the seats against MDC-T’s three.
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Munyaradzi Kereke who was fired by Zanu PF for defying the party to stand in Bikita West also beat the party’s official candidate Elias Musakwa.
Kereke garnered 6 270 votes against his former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe workmate Musakwa’s 6 052.
MDC-T had only managed to retain two seats in Bulawayo – namely Mpopoma and Nkulumane.
Flamboyant businessman Phillip Chiyangwa failed in his bid to land a parliamentary seat in Chinhoyi falling to MDC-T’s Peter Mataruse. Information minister Webster Shamu retained the Chegutu East seat.
Meanwhile, Britain yesterday said it was concerned that Zimbabwe had not enacted important electoral reforms before Wednesday’s vote in the former British colony and by reports that large numbers of voters had been turned away.
“We are also concerned by the late publication of the electoral roll,” a spokesman for the British Foreign Office told Reuters. “Any judgment on the credibility of elections will need to take these factors into account.” – Additional reporting by Reuters.
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Below is the list of constituencies announced:
MDC-T 1 Pelandaba-Mpopoma 6 028 2 Nkulumane 7 045 3 Chinoyi 9 863
Zanu PF Mashonaland East 1 Hurungwe 12 708 2 Chegutu East 15 687 3 Chegutu West 11 130 4 Mhondoro 10 153 5 Norton 10 592 6 Kadoma Central 9 571 7 Sanyati 11 332 8 Muzwezwe 18 832 9 Mhondorongezi 13 476 10 Chakari 19 514
Masvingo Province 11 Zaka North 9 733 12 Zaka Central 1 064 13 Zaka West 7 340 14 Chivi North 8 827 15 Bikita South 9 397 16 Chiredzi East 8 920 17 Chiredzi South 8 148 18 Chivi Central 12 559 19 Chivi South 12 559 20 Gutu Central 9 311 21 Gutu South 7 927 22 Gutu East 7 372 23 Bikita West 6 270 24 Masvingo West 7 634 25 Masvingo North 10 358
