Chitungwiza.16  A  contentious  inquiry  into  these  events  is  currently  underway.17  There  have  been   well  documented  reports  of  opposition  polling  agents  and  others  having  their  homes  burnt  down,   and  of  ad  hoc  attacks  on  opposition  supporters  in  ZANU  PF  rural  strongholds.18  However,  in   Matabeleland,  the  very  limited  political  violence  has  involved  different  factions  of  the  MDC   attacking  one  another  on  the  streets  of  Bulawayo,  as  well  as  protests  among  the  opposition  around   the  mayoral  election.19             Protests  from  MDC-­‐A  supporters  on  the  streets  of  Harare  on  1  August,  and  a  deadly  response    by  the  army:  who  gave  the  order  remains  unclear  (images  Tafadzwa  Ufumeli  and  timeslive.co.za).       1.   Main  findings     Bulawayo   •   The  MDC-­‐A  received  the  most  votes  at  House  of  Assembly  level.  However,  for  the  first  time   since  2000,  the  MDC-­‐A  vote  was  below  50%  (at  49.5%).     •   ZANU  PF  received  25.1%  of  the  vote.   •   Khupe’s  MDC-­‐T  received  8.6%.     •   The  combined  total  vote  for  all  the  other  parties  was  16.8%.  Factoring  in  votes  for  MDC-­‐T,   the  votes  for  parties  other  than  the  two  major  ones,  totaled  25.4%.     •   There  was  an  average  of  17  candidates  in  each  constituency  in  Bulawayo,  with  Nkulumane   having  23  candidates.     •   Despite  having  received  not  quite  half  of  the  vote,  MDC-­‐A  won  11  out  of  12  seats  in   Bulawayo.  The  12th  seat  was  lost  to  ZANU  PF  on  a  divided  opposition  vote:  there  were  two   MDC-­‐A  candidates  here,  whose  combined  vote  would  have  won  the  seat,  plus  the  MDC-­‐T   candidate  won  votes.                                                                                                                 16  Human  Rights  Watch,  Zimbabwe:  at  least  6  dead  in  post-­‐election  violence,  3  August  2018.    Veritas,  statement:  Commission  of  Inquiry  into  Post-­‐Election  Violence  on  1  August  2018,  1  September  2018.   http://veritaszim.net/node/3189.  Accessed  26  September  2018.     18  Obey  Manayiti,  “Post-­‐election  violence  spirals”,  Newsday,  28  August  2018.     19  Nqobani  Ndlovu,  “Bloody  Clashes  rock  MDC-­‐T”,  Newsday,  5  March  2018.  See  ahead  for  mayoral  election.     17   11