Admin l Friday, August 03, 2018
HARARE, Zimbabwe – President Emmerson Managagwa has been declared winner of the Zimbabwe general election. Managagwa of the Zanu-PF secured (2.46 million votes) about 50.8% of the total vote cast to beat his closest rival, Mr Nelson Chamisa of the MDC coalition who got (2.14 million votes) 44.3% of the total vote cast.
Earlier in the parliamentary election, the Zanu-PF won majority seat in the parliament. The Zanu-PF secured 144 seats, while the MDC Alliance got 64 seats, while the National Patriotic Front got just one seats.
While announcing the results, ZEC acknowledged that the wait had caused anxiety and international observers had earlier urged the commission to speed up the announcement.
But candidate of the MDC, Nelson Chamisa had condemned the delay in announcing the results.
“Zec must release proper and verified results endorsed by parties. The level of opaqueness, truth deficiency, moral decay & values deficit is baffling,” he said. Meanwhile, Mr Mnangagwa has vowed to revitalise Zimbabwe’s tattered economy after decades of international isolation under Mr Mugabe.
