•   At  Presidential  level,  Chamisa  received  40%  more  votes  than  his  coalition  MDC-­‐A,  with   42.5%  of  the  vote.  Mnangagwa  received  slightly  fewer  votes  than  ZANU  PF  at  House  of   Assembly  level,  with  50.3%  of  the  vote.     •   Khupe  received  only  2.2%  of  the  vote,  while  all  other  candidates  received  5%  votes.     •   In  Matabeleland  South  the  combined  vote  outside  of  the  two  main  presidential  candidates   was  7.2%,  which  is  higher  than  the  national  figure  of  4.7%.   •   It  is  worth  noting  that  in  Matobo  North,  Umguza  and  Umzingwane,  the  MDC-­‐A  candidates   do  not  live  in  Zimbabwe!  All  three  currently  reside  and  work  in  South  Africa.  Additionally,  in   Matobo  South,  the  MDC-­‐A  candidate  returned  only  a  year  ago  from  the  UK,  and  many   voters  here  were  under  the  impression  that  he  still  lives  overseas.  If  the  MDC-­‐A  or  any   opposition  party  in  the  future  wishes  to  win  rural  seats,  they  should  at  the  very  least  not  take   rural  voters  so  much  for  granted  that  they  impose  functionally  absent  candidates  on  the   electorate.       •   The  total  vote  for  Chamisa  in  Matabeleland’s  three  provinces  was  372,010.   •   Mnangagwa’s  total  vote  in  Matabeleland’s  three  provinces  was  278,628.       Graph  5.     Presidential  Vote   in  Matabeleland  for  Chamisa,   Mnangagwa,  Khupe,   2018. 66.32% 50.30% 50.20% 40.65% 42.50% 27.69% 4.66% 2.67% Bulawayo Mat  North Chamisa Mnangagwa             2.22% 15   Mat  South Khupe