Table 22 shows the 31 constituencies where ZANU PF won in 2008 and where the votes for ZANU PF now increased further by more than a factor 2. Constituency Harare Harare South Manicaland Chipinge Central Mashonaland Central Bindura North Guruve South Mazowe West Mazowe South Mazowe North Mbire Mt Darwin South Muzarabani North Muzarabani South28 Shamva South Mashonaland East Goromonzi West Goromonzi North Marondera West Marondera East Mutoko East Mutoko North Wedza North Mashonaland West Hurungwe Central Magunje Chakari Muzvezve Makonde Zvimba East Zvimba South Masvingo Gutu West Masvingo North Matabeleland North Umguza Matabeleland South Beitbridge East Midlands Shurugwi South 2008 results Total votes cast for MDC-T ZANU PF main contestants27 2013 results MDC-T ZANU PF Total valid votes 4389 7111 12319 7472 20069 29074 5862 6377 12239 4290 12995 18215 5465 4298 2410 4052 2508 6137 2698 3918 9093 9284 5148 4109 5466 9610 9115 7691 15835 13582 7558 9562 8691 15747 11813 12582 2669 8956 11625 5485 2069 1411 4116 1476 2332 1401 607 564 1514 23937 18804 14383 11431 13338 19958 19680 16649 21310 22332 30066 21568 16288 16483 15135 22958 21413 17418 22003 24284 5931 4845 2132 2268 5238 3163 3586 6193 5626 4284 6514 7328 6922 6267 12124 10471 7996 9570 12566 14173 9853 7123 4134 3665 2113 1339 1989 1536 12758 11874 12779 15626 15064 16809 14277 20421 16885 18055 17975 16729 19095 16546 1399 4264 2595 3906 2928 3554 2907 4997 4587 8543 7774 6526 5197 6752 6890 10460 11138 11680 13089 8751 9659 4267 3000 1642 3029 1569 4008 2536 12708 9473 19540 18832 15675 13113 13745 17841 13539 21182 22430 17673 17873 16831 4082 4450 5054 4799 9136 9249 2232 3277 13499 10358 16296 14434 2846 7065 12031 5387 16025 23478 2194 4741 8046 3394 10191 15120 1977 5068 9745 2515 11506 14353 Table 22: The 31 constituencies where ZANU PF won the seat in 2008 and where they increased their support with more than 100 per cent in 2013. sett inn note 43,44 43 MDC-T, MDC, ZANU PF and Independents only, not the marginal parties. Out of these, the following constituencies were won with a slim margin and there was a risk for ZANU PF of losing them: Chipinge Central, Mazowe South, Goromonzi West, Magunje and Masvingo North. If the voters were actively transferred to some constituencies, it would be interesting to see where they might have come from. There are a number of constituencies in Matabeleland North and South which ZANU PF won in 2008 with a good margin, and where they also won in 2013 but now with a smaller margin. Such constituencies include: Bubi, Lupane East, Lupane West, Nkayi North, Gwanda South, Gwanda North, Insiza South, Umzingwane, and Bulilima West. This is not a proof for an organised move of voters from such constituencies to constituencies with less support for ZANU PF, but it constitutes a pattern that could be worth investigating more closely with a view to establish whether the voting was manipulated in an organised manner. The observations on election day confirm that massive bussing of voters took place into some constituencies. 14 The Post-election Phase 14.1 The Publication of Results by ZEC The results were published promptly by the ZEC, and for the presidential elections, within the time prescribed. The newspapers published the votes cast for each candidate in the 240 constituencies, but the ZEC did unfortunately not publish such figures beyond reading them as they came in. ZEC also did not publish the tabulation from polling station level to constituency level or from constituency level to province level. This was very unfortunate because a central publication would have allowed observers to check the tabulation directly and any parallel counting would be unnecessary. It would further explain the discrepancies in the distribution of list proportional seats discussed above. 14.2 The Re-count According to the Electoral Act Section 67A, any party or candidate may contest the count within forty-eight hours of the announcement of the results. Two such contests were filed for the National Assembly election, and ZEC on 5 August announced recounts in the Mashonaland East constituency Mudzi South and the Matabeleland North constituency Tsholotsho North. The first was conducted on 6 August and the second on 7 August. Mudzi South was won by the independent candidate Mr Jonathan Samukange with 7,879 votes against the 7,742 votes for the ZANU PF candidate. Tsholotsho North was won by the MDC-T candidate with 4,874 votes against the ZANU PF’s candidate’s 4,646 votes. ZEC revoked its decision to hold a recount of votes in Mudzi South after the winning candidate successfully objected, arguing that the request was based on rigging of the elections rather than irregularities of the count. 44 The 2008 numbers are missing. 50 51