ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK Analysis of the Final Voters' Roll The first level of analysis shows that all fields in the voters' roll (Voter name, ID number, Gender, Date of birth, voter's address, polling station code, PS name up to province) were filed. Generally, the registered voter population of 5,695,706 is lower than both the 18+ 2012 census population (6,805,455) and 2018 18+ projections (7,224,128) (see section on 'Comparison of the FVR with ZimStats Census Data and Projections'). Of the total adult population of registrants contained i n t h e F V R, r o u g h l y 5 4 % (3,073,190) are women and 46% (2,622,516) are men. Table 38: Distribution of Registered voters by province and gender Province Bulawayo Harare Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands TOTAL Females 138,238 457,350 415,116 279,912 343,784 331,564 356,533 190,069 150,449 410,175 3,073,190 Males 120,329 443,370 318,254 252,072 289,626 323,569 260,679 149,066 113,736 351,807 2,622,516 Total 258,567 900,728 733,370 531,984 633,410 655,133 617,212 339,135 264,185 761,982 5,695,706 The Table shows that the highest number of registered voters is in Harare (900,728) followed by Midlands (761,982), Manicaland (733,370) and Mash West (65,5133). This pattern generally follows the distribution of the total population in Zimbabwe. These figures also show that more women than men are registered voters across all the country's 10 provinces. Distribution of Registered Voters by Age As of the Election Day (30 July 2018), the ages of the registered voters ranged from 18 to 118 years. Roughly 67% (3,201,447) of the population of registered voters was 39 years and below, and was clearly the majority. More than a thousand (1,141) registrants were aged 100 and above. The age group with the highest number of voters was 3034years (781,227), followed by 20-24 (780,903) in second place. The others were the 2529 and 35-39 age groups in that order. In all age groups, more women were registered as voters than men. There are 941 voters who are 100 years and above. The three oldest voters in the final voters' roll were 118 years old and were found in Manicaland, Mashonaland West and Masvingo. Chart 42: Age Distribution of Registered Voters by gender 110+ 0% 0% 105 - 109 0% 0% 100 - 104 0% 0% 95 - 99 0% 0% 90 - 94 0% 0% 85 - 89 1% 1% 80 - 84 1% 1% 75 - 79 2% 70 - 74 2% 65 - 69 2% 3% 3% 60 - 64 4% 55 - 59 4% 4% 5% 6% 5% 50 - 54 5% 9% 45 - 49 8% 12% 40 - 44 35 - 39 14% 30 - 34 14% 11% 13% 14% 13% 25 - 29 13% 13% 15% 20 - 24 3% 18 - 19 20% 15% 10% 5% % Male 2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% % Female The pyramid shows age proportions of registered voters calculated as a percentage of each gender. Apart from the age variable, ZESN also considered how the registered voters are distributed according to urban / rural locations. The results of the analysis show that most of the registered voters (67%) reside in rural Zimbabwe compared to 33% who stay in urban areas (see table below). 50 FINAL REPORT OF THE 2018 VOTERS' ROLL AUDIT