IRI/NDI Zimbabwe International Election Observation Mission Final Report 45 Tabulation and Announcement of Results The ZEC announced provincial and aggregate presidential results on August 3, which showed that President Mnangagwa of ZANU-PF received 50.8 percent of the vote, and Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance received 44.3 percent of the vote.70 A PVT conducted by ZESN found the ZEC’s announced results to be within the credible statistical range—though the PVT could not definitely determine whether there should have been a run-off. The ZEC provided stakeholders with a free CD-ROM copy of the presidential results in a protected excel format with a breakdown per polling station, which provided a level of transparency to the process. However, the initial results provided by ZEC contained errors and inaccuracies, which raised questions regarding their reliability and the competency of ZEC. The ZEC acknowledged some errors, which it attributed to double counting of some wards and transcription mistakes. After correcting the errors, ZEC released revised results, which showed a slight drop in the percentage for Mnangagwa and a similar increase for Chamisa, but not enough to affect the announced results. ZIEOM monitored results tabulation, transmission, and announcement through multiple mechanisms and noted irregularities in the method of results aggregation and the transmission of results. Most notably, there was a complete lack of traceability of the signed ward-level polling station returns forms (V11) and aggregate collation of the ward-level results onto V23 forms and opacity in ZECs provision of the final results tabulation per polling station. On 2 August, the ZEC completed the announcement of the National Assembly results. Out of 210 contested seats in Parliament, ZANU-PF received the majority of seats with 145 against 63 seats for MDC Alliance. The remaining two seats were won by the National Patriotic Front’s Masango Matambanadzo in Kwekwe Central and independent candidate Temba Mliswa in Norton. The parliamentary results gave ZANU-PF exactly two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, the approximate number required to amend the constitution. Sixty-two percent of the members of the National Assembly are newly elected (167 of 270). Despite a constitutional provision requiring parity, women won far fewer than half of legislative or local authority seats. In the National Assembly, women won 25 of 210 constituency based seats or 11.9 percent. This is one less seat than women won in the 2013 harmonized elections. With the 60 reserved seats, women comprise only 31.5 percent of members of the National Assembly (85 of 270). In the Senate, women were elected to 34 of the 60 seats allocated on a proportional basis. Women captured a large number of seats because of “zebra striping,” requiring every other candidate on the party lists to be female. Notably, not one of the 18 seats reserved for traditional leaders was won by a woman. One of the two seats for PWDs was won by a female candidate. In total, 43.8 percent (35 of 80) of the members of the Senate are women.71 Overall, women make up just 120 of the total 350 MPs in both houses, or 34.3 percent. At the local government level, women won 270 of 1,949 ward council seats or 13.9 percent. Women comprise 31.0 percent of local councilors in Bulawayo Province, but only 6 percent of local councilors in Mashonaland Central Province. 70 The incumbent, Emmerson Mnangagwa received 2,460,463 votes while his principal opponent, Nelson Chamisa, obtained 2,147,436. 71 In the Senate, 58.7 percent of Senators are newly elected.