ZESN Polling Station Analysis
Table 4: Estimated Eligible Voters per Polling Stations for RURAL Wards (1,576)
Estimated Eligible Voters per Polling Station
Province
1 to
1,000
1,001 to
1,500
1,501 to
2,000
Missing
Total
2,000+
Bulawayo
0
Harare
1 100%
Manicaland
202
91%
18
8%
2
1%
Mashonaland Central
186
85%
28
13%
3
1%
Mashonaland East
194
93%
8
4%
3
1%
Mashonaland West
136
88%
17
11%
2
1%
155
Masvingo
213
95%
9
4%
2
1%
224
Matabeleland North
160
96%
6
4%
1
1%
167
Matabeleland South
145
95%
6
4%
Midlands
208
92%
15
7%
1
0%
2
1%
1,444
92%
107
7%
14
1%
7
0%
Grand Total
1
1
0%
223
3
3
1%
1%
220
208
1
1%
152
226
4
0%
1,576
Overall, ZESN has identified 232 of 1,964 wards of which:
11 wards (0.6%) for particular attention by the ZEC where the estimated eligible voters per
polling station is very high and the ZEC should create additional polling stations (Highest
Priority).
33 wards (1.7%) where the estimated eligible voters per polling station is high and the
ZEC will very likely need to increase the number of polling stations (High Priority).
188 wards (9.6%) where the estimated eligible voters per polling station is moderate and
the ZEC may need to consider increasing the number of polling stations (Moderate
Priority)
Annex I. provides a list of highest priority wards; Annex II provides a list of high priority wards;
while Annex III provides a list of moderate priority wards for consideration by the ZEC.
Estimated Additional Polling Stations
It is possible to estimate the number of additional polling stations that the ZEC should create for
the 2013 Harmonised Elections based on estimated number of eligible voters per ward and the
number of existing polling stations from the 2013 Constitutional Referendum. By dividing the
number of eligible voters in rural wards by 1,000 and urban wards by 1,250 and rounding to the
nearest whole number, one can estimate the total number of polling stations need in the 232
problematic wards. By subtracting from this figure the number of existing polling stations in each
ward (rounding up to one when the result is zero) ZESN estimates that the ZEC should establish
489 additional polling stations for the 2013 Harmonised Election so that all voters have a
reasonable opportunity to vote on election day.
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