Zimbabwean general election, 2018 - wikipedia Zimbabwean general election, 2018 Zimbabwean presidential election, 2018 ← 2013 30 July 2018 2023 → Turnout 70 % Nominee Emmerson Mnangagwa Nelson Chamisa Party ZANU - PF MDC - T Alliance None MDC Alliance Popular vote 2,460,463 2,147,436 Percentage 50.8 % 44.3 % Presidential election results map. Green denotes provinces won by Mnangagwa, red denotes those won by Chamisa. President before election Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANU - PF Elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANU - PF Zimbabwe This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Zimbabwe Constitution Constitutional history Human rights Government President Emmerson Mnangagwa Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga Kembo Mohadi Cabinet Legislature Parliament Senate House of Assembly Constituencies Judiciary Supreme Court Elections General 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2013 2018 Referendums 2000 2013 Electoral Commission Political parties Administrative divisions Provinces Districts Wards Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Zimbabwe to Zimbabwe Passport Visa requirements Other countries Atlas General elections were held on 30 July 2018 in Zimbabwe to elect the president and members of both houses of parliament. The likelihood of the elections taking place was called into doubt following the 2017 coup. On 22 November 2017, a ZANU - PF spokesman said that Emmerson Mnangagwa would serve out the remainder of Robert Mugabe 's term before the elections due to be held ; during or before September 2018. On 20 March 2018, Mnangagwa said he was looking forward to holding elections in July 2018. On 18 January 2018, President Mnangagwa spoke to the Financial Times in an interview, in which he invited the EU, UN and the Commonwealth to send missions to Zimbabwe in order to monitor the elections. On 29 July 2018, former President Mugabe gave a surprise press conference during which he stated he would not vote for Mnangagwa and ZANU - PF, the party he founded and led for decades. Instead, he expressed the wish to vote for his long - time rival party, the Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC ) led by Nelson Chamisa. On 1 August, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission released preliminary results which show that the ruling party ZANU - PF has won the majority of seats in parliament. On 3 August, the Commission declared incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner after receiving 2,460,463 ( 50.8 % ) votes to Nelson Chamisa 's 2,147,436 ( 44.3 % ). Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Presidential candidates 3 Conduct 4 Opinion polling 5 Results 5.1 President 5.2 House of Assembly 5.3 Senate 6 Aftermath 7 See also 8 References Electoral system The President of Zimbabwe is elected using the two - round system. The 270 members of the House of Assembly consist of 210 members elected in single - member constituencies and 60 women elected by proportional representation in ten six - 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 people with disabilities and 18 for traditional chiefs. According to the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the elections are required to be held before the official expiry date of the current parliamentary term, which is due to end on 21 August 2018. Presidential candidates In 2015, long - term President Robert Mugabe announced that he would run for another term in 2018, and was adopted as the ZANU -- PF candidate despite the fact that he would have been 94 at the time of the elections. Following the events of a military coup d'état in November 2017 and his deposition as leader of ZANU - PF, Mugabe resigned amidst parliamentary impeachment hearings on 21 November 2017. His successor Emmerson Mnangagwa was chosen as the ZANU -- PF candidate shortly after taking office. On 29 July 2018, Robert Mugabe announced he would not support Emmerson Mnangagwa or the ZANU - PF party. It was unknown whether Morgan Tsvangirai, the long - time Zimbabwe opposition leader would have run in the elections following an announcement on 6 February 2018 which stated that Tsvangirai was critically ill and an MDC party source said `` we should brace for the worst ''. Tsvangirai subsequently died on 14 February. Nelson Chamisa replaced Tsvangirai as the MDC candidate. On 20 October 2017, the Coalition of Democrats or CODE, a group formed by nine political parties, nominated the leader of the Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, to be their presidential candidate in the election. Joice Mujuru, previously the Vice President of ZANU - PF before being ousted from the party in 2014, also registered her candidacy. Former Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khuphe, who leads a breakaway faction of the MDC after falling out with Nelson Chamisa, was also a candidate. In total 23 candidates stood for election. Conduct The credibility of the elections has been questioned by both Zimbabwe citizens, and the international community. The opposition party have claimed that people aged 141 are registered to vote, and in one instance a single address had over 100 registered voters. Academic Tony Reeler has argued people should boycott the poll, otherwise they would legitimise the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, has indicated that his party will participate in the election, but has requested the intervention of the Southern African Development Community and African Union. The Zimbabwe Republic Police have been accused of requiring officers to cast postal ballots in front of their supervisors, which is contrary to electoral law, which requires them to be a secret ballot. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ( ZEC ) has removed ghost voters and duplicate voters. In 2015, the ZEC stated that Diaspora voting would be allowed in the 2018 election, however Mnangagwa has ruled this out. Elmar Brok has claimed that ZANU - PF had transported people to vote in an area in which they did not live. On 1 August, the opposition accused the government of rigging the vote. In subsequent riots by MDC supporters, the army opened fire and killed three people, while three others died of their injuries the following day. Although the election process was peaceful, the main opposition party MDC Alliance claimed that Zanu PF and ZEC rigged the presidential election results to announce Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner. The party claimed that there was manipulation of figures which did not tally with what was recorded on V11 forms issued at each polling station. Opinion polling Date ( s ) Polling organisation Sample size Turnout Mnangagwa Chamisa Undecided Lead June 2018 Afrobarometer -- 85 % 42 % 31 % 26 % 11 % July 2018 Afrobarometer 2,400 - 40 % 37 % 20 % 3 % 30 July 2018 Results -- 70 % 50.8 % 44.3 % -- 6.5 % Results President Presidential election results map. Green denotes districts won by Mnangagwa, red denotes those won by Chamisa. Candidate Party Votes % Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANU -- PF 2,460,463 50.8 Nelson Chamisa MDC Alliance 2,147,436 44.3 Thokozani Khupe Movement for Democratic Change -- Tsvangirai 45,573 0.9 Joseph Makamba Busha FreeZim Congress 17,566 0.4 Nkosana Moyo Alliance for People 's Agenda 15,223 0.3 Evaristo Chikanga Rebuilding Zimbabwe Party 13,141 0.3 Joice Mujuru People 's Rainbow Coalition 12,878 0.3 Hlabangana Kwanele Republican Party 9,449 0.2 Blessing Kasiyamhuru Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity 7,022 0.1 William Mugadza Bethel Christian Party 5,809 0.1 Divine Mhambi National Alliance of Patriotic and Democratic Republicans 4,980 0.1 Peter Wilson Democratic Opposition Party 4,898 0.1 Peter Munyanduri New Patriotic Front 4,529 0.1 Ambrose Mutinhiri National Patriotic Front 4,107 0.1 Daniel Shumba United Democratic Alliance 3,907 0.1 Peter Gava United Democratic Front 2,866 0.1 Brian Mteki Independent 2,747 0.1 Lovemore Madhuku National Constitutional Assembly 2,738 0.1 Noah Ngoni Manyika Build Zimbabwe Alliance 2,678 0.1 Elton Mangoma Coalition of Democrats 2,437 0.1 Melbah Dzepasi # 1980 Freedom Movement Zimbabwe 1,899 0.0 Violet Mariyacha United Democracy Movement 1,673 0.0 Timothy Chiguvare People 's Progressive Party 1,549 0.0 Invalid / blank votes -- Total 100 Registered voters / turnout Source : ZBC House of Assembly House of Assembly election results map. Green denotes constituencies won by ZANU -- PF, red denotes those won by the MDC Alliance. Party Votes % Seats Common Women Total + / -- Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front 2,477,708 52.35 144 35 179 -- 17 Movement for Democratic Change Alliance 1,624,875 34.33 64 24 88 -- Movement for Democratic Change -- Tsvangirai 161,824 3.42 0 -- People 's Rainbow Coalition 61,644 1.30 0 0 0 New National Patriotic Front 49,103 1.04 0 New Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity 26,515 0.56 0 0 0 New Zimbabwe African People 's Union 16,088 0.34 0 0 0 0 Zimbabwe Democratic Union 11,199 0.24 0 0 0 New National Constitutional Assembly 9,736 0.21 0 0 0 New Mtwakazi Republic Party 9,554 0.20 0 0 0 New Build Zim Alliance 8,486 0.18 0 0 0 New Coalition of Democrats 6,522 0.14 0 0 0 New FreeZim Congress 4,303 0.09 0 0 0 0 United Democratic Alliance 3,599 0.08 0 0 0 New Republican Party of Zimbabwe 3,264 0.07 0 0 0 New Freedom Movement # 1980 2,146 0.05 0 0 0 New Alliance for the Peoples Agenda 2,111 0.04 0 0 0 New United African National Council 1,889 0.04 0 0 0 New The African Democrats 1,387 0.03 0 0 0 New United Movement for Democracy 1,357 0.03 0 0 0 0 Alliance for National Salvation 1,204 0.03 0 0 0 New Zimbabwe Rainbow Democratic Party 1,172 0.02 0 0 0 New People 's Progressive Party Zimbabwe 1,064 0.02 0 0 0 New Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe 773 0.02 0 0 0 New United Democratic Front 611 0.01 0 0 0 New PRZ 494 0.01 0 0 0 New Zimbabwe Labour Party 464 0.01 0 0 0 New Zimbabwe Patriotic Movement 402 0.01 0 0 0 New Zim First 373 0.01 0 0 0 New National Action Party 362 0.01 0 0 0 New Rebuilding Zimbabwe Party 346 0.01 0 0 0 New Maat -- Zimbabwe 342 0.01 0 0 0 New Zimbabwe People 's Party : Good People 's Movement 328 0.01 0 0 0 New Democratic Official Party 323 0.01 0 0 0 New United Democracy Movement 318 0.01 0 0 0 New Forces of Liberation Organization of African National Party 303 0.01 0 0 0 New Chief 's Party 282 0.01 0 0 0 New United Crusade for Achieving Democracy Green Party of Zimbabwe 224 0.00 0 0 0 New Unity Party Zimbabwe 214 0.00 0 0 0 New New Zimbabwe Republican Party 198 0.00 0 0 0 New Federal Democrats of Zimbabwe 194 0.00 0 0 0 New ERA 177 0.00 0 0 0 New Democratic Alliance -- United People 's Party 147 0.00 0 0 0 New Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe 144 0.00 0 0 0 New United Christian Alliance 123 0.00 0 0 0 New African People 's Congress 70 0.00 0 0 0 New Suffering Voices of Zimbabwe 66 0.00 0 0 0 New Freedom Front 44 0.00 0 0 0 0 Independents 1,624,875 34.33 0 -- 1 Invalid / blank votes -- -- -- -- -- Total 4,732,851 100 210 60 270 0 Registered voters / turnout -- -- -- -- Source : ZEC Senate Party Seats + / -- Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front 34 -- 3 Movement for Democratic Change Alliance 25 -- Movement for Democratic Change -- Tsvangirai -- Chiefs 18 -- People with disabilities -- Total 80 0 Source : ZBC Aftermath Within days after the election, there were protests by the Movement for Democratic Change opposition. The army opened fire on demonstrators and bystanders and killed six people. In the following days, many opposition supporters were arrested, according to opposition leaders and human rights groups. On 10 August, it was announced that Mnangagwa 's inauguration, which had been scheduled for 12 August, would be delayed after Chamisa petitioned to challenge the election results in court, with a ruling due by the end of the month. On 24 August 2018, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe dismissed Chamisa 's challenge and officially declared Mnangagwa the winner in a unanimous ruling. The Chief Justice Luke Malaba noted that Chamisa refused both a recount and access to the ballot boxes. Mnangagwa 's inauguration and official swearing - in was then held on 26 August. See also 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe References ^ Jump up to : Ncube, Xolisani ( 20 March 2018 ). `` ED winces over ' briefcase ' parties ''. NewsDay. 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Question: who won the presidential election 2018 in zimbabwe
Answer: incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa