Towungana 2013 Robert Mugabe Morgan Tsvangirai Welshman Ncube Dumiso Dabengwa Kisinoti Mukwazhe ZANU-PF MDC-T MDC ZAPU Zimbabwe Party Development M M M M M Analysis of the outcomes of the National Assembly Nomination Court An analysis of the Nomination Court results indicated that, of all the contesting political parties, only ZANU-PF managed to field candidates for all the 210 National Assembly seats.37On the other hand the MDC Alliance failed to field candidates in four constituencies namely Mbare, Hurungwe East, Chiredzi West and Insiza North. The PRC sought to contest in 74% of the constituencies, failing to field candidates in 54 constituencies. The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T contested in 52% of the 210 seats, having forgone fielding candidates in 101 constituencies. In some cases, the contesting political parties had more than one candidate seeking election on the party ticket (twin-candidature) in the same constituency. The MDC Alliance had the highest number of double candidates, with two candidates in constituencies such as Mazowe North, Mazowe South, Mazowe West, Muzarabani North, Goromonzi West, Bikita East, Gutu Central, Gutu North, Gutu West, Masvingo South, and Zaka West. Table 9.3 below shows the number of candidates fielded by each of the major parties. Table 9.3: Candidates Fielded by the Main Political Parties Political party ZANU-PF Number of candidates fielded in the 210 constituen cies 210 Total number of candidate s Number of constituencies with more than one candidate 211 1 Number of constituencie s where parties did not field candidates 0 37 Statistics relating to candidates are based on the Government Gazette listing the Nomination Court results for the National Assembly Direct Election published on the 22 June 2018. The report does not factor in changes that happened thereafter such as the withdrawal of some candidates. 56 | P a g e