Counting the results of all the candidates running for the participating parties with the method prescribed in the law would result in 3 seats for MDC-T, 2 for ZANU PF and one for MDC-N, which differs from the official seat distribution. Masvingo Results for the Province Council Per cent Party Votes votes 12.4 The Province Councils The results for the Province Councils other than metropolitan ones are given in Table 15. Province MDC-T Zanu PF MDC-N Manicaland 167,820 263,856 14,414 Mashonaland Central 37,040 335,895 7,641 Mashonaland East 73,336 321,787 12,943 Mashonaland West 88,241 281,262 10,321 Masvingo 94,059 295,190 14,194 Matabeleland North 88,089 82,281 17,269 Matabeleland South 49,095 81,582 18,600 Midlands 126,689 283,835 18,043 1,021,347 2,145,250 157,356 Total for lists ZAPU 3,803 3,803 The official seat distribution is given in Table 16 and corresponds with the calculation based upon the votes of Table 15. Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands Total Largest Remainder - Hare Seats Number of votes per seat MDC-T ZANU PF MDC-N ZAPU 4 1 2 2 2 5 3 3 22 6 9 8 8 7 4 6 7 55 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA 0 Table 16: The official seat distribution for the List PR race in Provincial Councils other than the metropolitan ones. The official results are the same as the calculation based upon the votes of Table 15, using largest remainder. 94,059 23.31 2 47,030 2 47,030 ZANU PF 295,190 73.17 7 42,170 8 36,899 MDC-N 14,194 3.52 1 14,194 0 NA MDC-T 12.5 The Turnout The development of the turnout since 2000 is given in Table 18. However, since the voters register contains deceased people and people who have left the country, the figures are lower than the real turnout in the elections. Number of Registered voters Votes cast for ZANU PF and MDC25 only Total number of votes cast Turnout in per cent 2000 Parliament 2002 Presidential 200523 Parliament 2008 House of Assembly 2013 Presidential 5,048,815 5,607,812 5,789,912 5,934,768 6,400,00024 2,376,856 2,979,460 2,611,159 2,490,29626 2,998,75827 2,696,670 2,422,98728 3,480,04729 49.3 55.8 46.6 40.8 54.4 There is one interesting feature of these results which again illustrates a negative feature of the method of largest remainder. In Masvingo one seat was given to a very small party. The table below shows the number of voters behind each mandate by use of the largest 2,354,425 Table 18: The voters registered and turnout in elections since 2000 sett inn note23,24,25,26,27,28,29 23 The figure is relative to the final registration figure published by ZEC on 23 March 2005. 24 Approximate number which was the last published before the elections. 25 Including both factions of MDC from 2008 onwards. 26 Valid votes only. 44 Sainte-Laguë Number of votes per Seats seat Table 17: The results for Masvingo in the List PR election to the Provincial Council using the method of largest remainder with Hare’s quota and using the division method Sainte-Laguë. With the largest remainder MDC-N wins a seat with only 14,000 votes, whereas the number of votes behind the other seats is 42,000 to 47,000. The MDC-N seat is unreasonably ‘cheap’. Table 15: The votes for the four parties running for List PR seats in Provincial Councils other than the metropolitan ones. When a party had two candidates in the same constituency, the votes are added to the party result. The numbers are based upon The Herald and Sokwanele. Constituency remainder and what would have been the results if the Sainte-Laguë division method had been used. See the discussion in Appendix B for further details. 27 Valid votes only. 28 Valid votes only. 29 Including 69,280 rejected votes. 45 3,282,783