vi. There is need to revisit the issue of boundary delimitation as demographics have changed significantly since 2007 when the last delimitation exercise was conducted. The recommendations above can only be fulfilled if and when there is adequate political will and commitment by political actors in Government. 2. INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) was formed in 2000 and is a coalition of 31 non-governmental organisations. The major focus of the Network is to promote democratic processes in general and free and fair elections in particular. ZESN is the secretariat of the Southern Africa Development Community Election Support Network (SADC-ESN) and is a member of The Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM). Following the invitation by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), ZESN deployed observers to Mudzi West, July 24, 2015 National Assembly by-election. ZESN relied on reports from its field officers who observed the pre-electoral period and 11 observers who observed the Election Day processes. ZESN is non-partisan and independent in its approach to election observation. ZESN election observation missions are guided by the Constitution of Zimbabwe, Electoral Laws of the Country and a number of regional and international standards, conventions and declarations which Zimbabwe is signatory to, such as the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). ZESN is also guided by the GNDEM’s Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations, Code of Conduct for Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observers. 3. BACKGROUND The President called a by-election to fill the National Assembly Constituency vacancy in Mudzi West, following the death on 28th March of the ZANU-PF incumbent, Aqualinah Katsande. Statutory Instrument 57/2015 proclaimed 24 July, 2015 as the date for this byelection. 7|P a g e