Table 7.4: Distribution of Voters by Province (PVR versus FVR) Province Preliminary voters’ roll Voters’ roll final Difference Number of voters % of Number Voters voters of % of Number Voters of voters % increase Bulawayo 258690 4.55 258567 4.54 -123 -0.05 Harare 900300 15.84 900728 15.81 428 0.05 Manicaland 733293 12.90 733370 12.88 77 0.01 Mashonaland Central 531864 9.36 531984 9.34 120 0.02 Mashonaland East 633126 11.14 633410 11.12 284 0.04 Mashonaland West 644974 11.35 655133 11.50 10159 1.58 Masvingo 617204 10.86 617212 10.84 8 0.00 Matebeleland North 338851 5.96 339135 5.95 284 0.08 Midlands 761474 13.40 761982 13.38 508 0.07 Matebeleland South 264160 4.65 264185 4.64 25 0.01 Total 5683936 100.00 5695706 100.00 11770 0.21 Table 7.4 above compares the provincial totals for both the preliminary voters’ roll and the final voters’ roll as published by ZEC. As can be seen from the table, the registered voters increased marginally (0.21%) from 5 683 936 in the PVR to 5 695 706 in the FVR. However, when ZESN checked how this marginal increase played out across by province, it realized that about 86.3% (10159 out of total of 11770) of those that were added to the final registers are in Mashonaland West provinces. The analysis also shows that 123 (-0.05%) voters were 47 | P a g e