Figures 15.10: Distribution of National Assembly Seats after the 2013 Elections The maps above represent the number of parliamentary seats won by political party in the 2018 and 2013 Harmonised elections respectively. Presidential Results ZEC announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had won the election with 50.8% of the vote and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa came second with 44.3% of the vote. The MDC Alliance quickly rejected the results citing rigging, manipulation of V11 forms and systematic efforts to tamper with the presidential vote. The allegations of the manipulation of presidential election results were followed by a court application to the Constitutional Court by the MDC Alliance which sought to set aside the results as announced by ZEC. Subsequently, the ZEC revised the margin of votes received by President Mnangagwa from 50.8% to 50.67% noting that there were some errors and double counting in some constituencies. Errors in Presidential Election Results The ZEC Presidential Results for the 10,984 polling stations had some errors albeit marginal to the extent of not affecting the outcome. An analysis of the results for the parliamentary elections and the presidential elections does not show significant discrepancies between the two. There were 4,773,171 total valid votes for the parliamentary elections compared to 4,774,878 for the presidential election - a difference of 43,490 votes or 0.9%. Overall, Nelson 88 | P a g e