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reverse the error, Gift Konjana filed an application
with the Electoral Court seeking an order for the
setting aside and invalidation of the election result.
In addition, the petitioner sought an order of the
Electoral Court declaring him the winner and duly
elected member of the National Assembly for the
Chegutu West Constituency.
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 Chamisa
received 508,458 more votes in the presidential
election than MDC Alliance did in the
parliamentary elections while Mnangagwa
received 22,682 fewer votes in the presidential
election than ZANU-PF did in the parliamentary
elections. In those constituencies where the
number of votes in the presidential election was
significantly higher than the parliamentary
election (2% or more), Chamisa received 18,224
more votes than Mnangagwa.
However, Electoral Court Judge, Justice Mary
Zimba Dube dismissed with costs the electoral
petition citing that it did not meet the rules
governing election petitions. In particular, Justice
Dube noted that the petition did not comply with
the requirements of Rule 21. In dismissing the
case, the Court ordered the Registrar of the
Electoral Court to serve copies the court order on
ZEC and Clerk of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
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
There are six sets of two polling stations with
identical results which suggest that the results for at
least one (or possibly both) polling stations are
incorrect which affects the results totals. Table 13
below shows polling stations with identical
results:
Table 13: Polling Stations with Identical Results
Polling Stations with Identical Results in ZEC Presidential Results by Polling Station
Province
Constituency
Local Authority
Code
Nelson
Chamisa
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
Harare
Harare South
Harare Municipality
Ward 1
6301HRE0113 B
563
220
Harare
Harare South
Harare Municipality
Ward 1
6301HRE0113 D
563
220
Mash Central
Guruve North
Guruve RDC Ward 6
7100GVE0602 A
210
321
Mash Central
Guruve North
Guruve RDC Ward 6
7100GVE0603 A
210
321
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 22
8300ZKA2203
92
160
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 23
8300ZKA2303
92
160
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 22
8300ZKA2204
100
163
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 23
8300ZKA2304
100
163
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 22
8300ZKA2201
139
160
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 23
8300ZKA2301
139
160
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 22
8300ZKA2202
116
352
Masvingo
Zaka West
Zaka RDC Ward 23
8300ZKA2302
Total Affected
116
352
2 440
2 752
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