ZESN - Promoting Democratic Elections in Zimbabwe MDC Alliance had agents at 100% of the polling stations where ZESN observed in Bulawayo Metropolitan province and Harare Metropolitan province. ZANU PF had agents at 100% of polling stations in Harare Metropolitan, Manicaland, Mashonaland East, Masvingo and Midlands provinces where ZESN had observers. The PRC had the highest concentration of agents in Bulawayo Metropolitan province with other parties having at least agent in Bulawayo Metropolitan province. Figure 16 shows the distribution of the presence of political party agents by province. Figure 16: Distribution of the Presence of Agents by Province Distribution of the presence of Agents by Province 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% l Bu aw o ay M e l po tro ita n re ra Ha M r et o op lita n M an l ica an d h as M on a al MDC-Alliance nd n Ce l tra h as M a on nd la st Ea a M ZANU PF Voting Process al on sh d an es W t M vin as People Rainbow go a at l be a el nd M No rth a el el b a at M nd u So th l id an ds M Others where ZESN had observers, no one was allowed to vote without having their voting identification documents checked. The following data shows how the voting process unfolded: At 41% of the polling stations where ZESN had observers, between one and five people were turned away and not allowed to vote. This was occasioned by cases such as lack of identification document and also the incidents where the voters turned up at the wrong polling stations. At 38% of polling stations where ZESN had observers, between six and 25 people were turned away while in 10%, more than 25 people were turned away. Figure 17 shows the percentages of voters who were turned away. In 100% of the polling stations where ZESN had observers, voters' fingers were checked for indelible ink before being permitted to vote; voters' names were checked against the voters' roll before being permitted to vote; ballot papers were stamped with the ZEC stamp before being issued to voters. All voters had a finger marked with indelible ink before being issued with the ballot papers; and no one who already had ink on the finger was allowed to vote. At 95% of the stations 57 REPORT ON THE 30 JULY 2018 HARMONISED ELECTIONS ZESN