Contents Letter of Transmittal: Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections ............................. iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ............................................. viii The electoral and legal framework ................................................................... viii Management of the electoral process ................................................................ix The pre-election environment ........................................................................... x Election Day.......................................................................................................xi Post-election phase .......................................................................................... xii Overall assessment ......................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1 ....................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 Terms of reference ............................................................................................ 1 Activities............................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 2 ....................................................................................... 4 POLITICAL BACKGROUND .................................................................................. 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4 From British colonial influence to independence ................................................ 4 Post-independence until the 2000 referendum .................................................. 5 The 2000 and 2002 elections............................................................................. 6 The 2008 and 2013 elections............................................................................. 6 Lead-up to the 2018 elections............................................................................ 7 The political landscape and political parties for the 2018 elections .................... 9 Chapter 3 ..................................................................................... 12 ELECTORAL FRAMEWORK AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATION .................... 12 Background...................................................................................................... 12 The legal framework ........................................................................................ 13 Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ..................................................................... 14 Eligibility and voter registration ........................................................................ 15 Candidate eligibility, nomination and determination ......................................... 15 Boundary delimitation ...................................................................................... 17 i

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