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In Zimbabwe's elections, President Mnangagwa's ruling party won a majority in parliament. ZANU-PF has at least 109 seats, said the electoral commission. More than 58 seats
The ruling ZANU-PF won the majority of seats in parliament. According to the electoral commission, it received 109, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition 41. More than 58 seats have not yet been decided. The House of Assembly of Parliament has 210 seats. ZANU-PF is expected to gain 30 more votes for a two-thirds majority. This would allow the constitution to be changed at will
While the ZANU-PF party of President Emmerson Mnangagwa was receiving votes mainly in rural areas, the opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa won in most urban centers. The MDC accused the electoral commission on Tuesday of delaying the election results in favor of the ruling party. She also deplored the irregularities during the elections. Polling results have not been made public in a fifth of the polling stations, as required by law.
Free and most fair election for many years
Monday's poll is the first poll since the coup of November's military state. whose leader Robert Mugabe (94) had to resign. According to international observers, Mugabe had lost the 2008 elections, but eventually he remained in power by force. Moreover, the 2013 elections were generally not considered free and fair, with renewed violence against opposition supporters.
The current vote was not considered free and fair by the observers, but it was still the most free and fair election. for many years. Although peaceful, several water cannons patrolled the headquarters of the MDC in Harare while their members dressed in red danced in the streets.
Chief Electoral Observer Elmar Brok told Bayerischer Rundfunk that the vote was underway. was "expired as far as possible without disruption". If the individual problems observed were due to poor organization or if the method had to be clarified.
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