ZIMBABWE 1980 Elections report
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- Date recorded
- Feb 14, 1980
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- Elections
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This report outlines the purpose of elections, characteristics of Parliament, electoral system,transitory provisions, general political considerations and conduct of elections. It also showed the distribution of members of the house of assembly according to their professional category, distribution of seats in the senate, distribution of House of Assembly members according to sex and according to age group.
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- Mar 5, 2019
Declaration of Global Principles for Domestic Observers
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- Date recorded
- Apr 3, 2012
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- Elections
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Non-partisan citizen election observers and monitors can be considered as specialized human rights defenders focused on civil and political rights, which are central to achieving genuine elections.
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- Mar 12, 2019
Policy Brief: Challenges in attaining Gender balance in elections in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Feb 28, 2015
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- Elections
- Women
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The paper suggests ways of increasing women's participation in local government, parliament and senate.
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- Mar 12, 2019
Zimbabwe 2018 elections SPT report Oct1st 2018
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- Date recorded
- Oct 1, 2018
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- Elections
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The report has information about election campaigns by various parties as well as the election results. It also consists of the incidents of the day after the elections.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN August Issue 2016
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- Date recorded
- Aug 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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New Amendments to the electoral Act falls short of expectations.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN 12th Edition
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2013
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- Elections
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Police raids Civic Society organisations in Zimbabwe. They started with Zimbabwe Peace Project then they went on to raid the ZESN head office in Harare.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN 11th Edition
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2013
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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The Bulletin Stated that contesting for Elections is expensive in Zimbabwe making it essential that Political parties have funding for them to take part in the polls.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN 10th Edition
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2012
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
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Progress and Gaps as Zimbabwe headed for elections in 2012.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN 8th Edition
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2012
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- Elections
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ZESN analysis of the 2013 Elections
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- Mar 14, 2019
ELECTORAL REGULATONS CONSOLIDATED 2018
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- Date recorded
- Jun 8, 2018
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- Elections
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Regulations made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission updated to incorporate all amendments until 8 June 2018.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZESN 5th Edition
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- Date recorded
- Jun 30, 2012
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- Elections
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The Pros and Cons of Devolution:Can it Work in Zimbabwe
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- Mar 15, 2019
ZESN 4th Edition
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2012
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
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Zimbabwe not ready for Elections says UN
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- Mar 15, 2019
E-Ballot news: Is Zimbabwe ready for an election?
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- Date recorded
- Feb 28, 2012
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
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In Zimbabwe it has been noted that threats and intimidation have been and are still to bring about certain electoral outcomes.
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- Mar 15, 2019
E- Ballot Newsletter 7
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2007
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- Elections
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This issue seeks to continue with the debate and discussions on some interpretations, implications, and prospects towards the 2008 elections in particular on the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 18. The issue looks at various aspects like the voter registration, which make up the fundamental aspects of a free and fair election.
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- Mar 15, 2019
BVR UPDATE NUMBER 7
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- Date recorded
- Oct 26, 2017
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- Elections
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The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) continues to observe the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise. This update is based on observations by ZESN observers deployed to cover all the wards under Phase One.
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- Mar 15, 2019
March 2002 Presidential Election Report
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2002
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- Elections
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The March 2002 presidential election was preceded by months of intensive violence and intimidation against MDC supporters, and more than 50 people, mostly opposition supporters, were killed. President Mugabe was declared the winner over challenger Morgan Tsvangirai by a 56% to 42% margin. Most international observers condemned the election as seriously flawed--the pre-election environment was neither free nor fair, and the election itself was marred by significant fraud and rigging--but regional opinions were mixed.
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- Mar 15, 2019
ZESN 2013 harmonised election report
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- Date recorded
- Jul 31, 2013
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- Elections
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On 31 July 2013 Zimbabwe held harmonised elections for the Presidency, the National Assembly, the Senate and local authorities. ZESN deployed 7 099 observers to every province and constituency in the country on 31 July 2013, set at the ‘Election Day’. Reports from observers during the election and throughout the entire process, demonstrated that the credibility of the 2013 harmonised elections was compromised by a systematic effort to disenfranchise many voters.
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- Mar 15, 2019
Ballot Update March 2012
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2012
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- Elections
- Women
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Electoral system reform and implications for Gender equality
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- Mar 15, 2019
Publication 273
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- Date recorded
- Sep 15, 2010
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- Elections
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The month under review saw elections remain high on the political agenda as evidence by various media reports on Zimbabwe’s readiness for elections and the subsequent instruction by President Mugabe to “budget for elections in 2011”. This update is informed by observations from the chosen constituencies and broadly captures national political developments in September 2010.
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- Mar 15, 2019
Publication 308
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2017
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- Elections
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The publication states that the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections and Election Observation Missions (2004) are designed to set out minimum standards that Member Countries should ideally adhere to in the conduct of elections and election observation. The fundamental weakness of the Guidelines is that they do not have full legal force and are not mandatory.
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- Mar 15, 2019
Chigumba Speech
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- Date recorded
- Jul 13, 2018
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- Elections
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Brief by the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to Local and Foreign observers for the 2018 Harmonised Elections at Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) 13 July 2018.
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- Mar 15, 2019
2005 Parliamentary Elections
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2005
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- Elections
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The 2005 Parliamentary elections represented an important improvement on the 2000 and 2002 elections in that the elections were performed in a peaceful environment without state-controlled violence. Despite this notable improvement from previous elections, the Parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet some key internationally recognised election standards.
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- Mar 15, 2019
Political Violence report 2008
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- Date recorded
- Dec 1, 2008
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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In this report for 2008,there are certain trends and characteristics which have been attendant on the incidents reported to the Human rights Forum which rebut the denial of ZANU PF that in most instances the violence that was reported was between over zealous youths and villagers.
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- Mar 15, 2019
Zimbabwe 2013 elections
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- Date recorded
- Jul 31, 2013
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- Elections
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This report provides a thorough analysis primarily of the technical aspects of the elections, complementing the observer reports that have been published by other organisations.
- Date modified
- Mar 15, 2019
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18
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- Date recorded
- Aug 1, 2018
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- Elections
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Zimbabwe held itsnationalelections on the 30th of July 2018. The electoral process was generally peaceful until the 1st of August 2018, when many demonstrators took to the streets of Harare demanding the immediate release of the election results. These events, particularly those that occurred within Harare’s Central Business District (CBD), resulted in the death of six (6) people, injury of thirty-five (35), and massive damage to properties.
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- Mar 15, 2019
EU Election Observers Final Report Zimbabwe 2018
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- Date recorded
- Aug 1, 2018
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- Elections
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This report contains the findings of the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) on the Harmonised Elections 2018. The electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors and lacked adequate traceability, transparency and verifiability.
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- Mar 15, 2019
ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT OF 28 MAY 2018
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- Date recorded
- May 28, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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On 28 May 2018, another Electoral Amendment Act was passed and the 2018 Election date was announced thereafter. Consequently, as a result of the announcement of the Election day as 30 July 2018, any amendments to the Electoral Act that happen after the proclamation do not apply to the 2018 elections, but other future elections.
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- Mar 15, 2019
ZESN Projections Population by Ward Gender 18 December 2017 Final 11
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2017
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- Elections
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The overarching objective of the report is to provide ZESN and interested stakeholders with ward based comprehensive scientific data on population dynamics for 2018.
- Date modified
- Mar 15, 2019
Neither Free nor Fair: High Court decisions on the petitions on the June 2000 General Election.
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- Date recorded
- Mar 3, 2002
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
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This monograph focuses on the electoral irregularities, including gross human rights abuses, during the period preceding the June 2000 Parliamentary elections. This election marked the first time a strong opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), had challenged the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu (PF)) in the political arena.
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- Apr 2, 2019
Zimbabwe An assessment of human rights violations in the run-up to the March 2005 parliamentary elections
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2005
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- Elections
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Amnesty International researchers have been monitoring the human rights environment in Zimbabwe as the country approaches the 31 March parliamentary elections. Although there are fewer reports of politically-motivated violence than has been the case in previous elections, Amnesty International is concerned that human rights are being systematically violated in the context of election campaigning.
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- Apr 2, 2019