13 Movement of Voters Constituency The official results showed a shift from MDC-T to ZANU PF. We will not discuss how genuine such a shift was. However, there were some abnormal results which are impossible to explain as genuine changes in the voters’ preferences. The most obvious of such results were those where ZANU PF won a seat which MDC had held in 2008 and where the change was extremely high. In most such places the voter turnout increased in an unusual manner. Table 21 shows the 27 constituencies where ZANU PF won a seat which in 2008 had been won by MDC-T, and where ZANU PF more than doubled their votes from 2008 to 2013. Harare Mount Pleasant Mbare Harare North Epworth Manicaland Makoni North Mutasa South Mutare West Mutasa North Nyanga North Nyanga South Mashonaland Central Bindura South Mazowe Central Mashonaland East Goromonzi South Marondera Central Murehwa West Mashonaland West Chegutu West Norton Hurungwe West Kadoma Central Kariba Masvingo Chiredzi West Gutu South Masvingo Urban Masvingo Central Zaka Central Matabeleland North Hwange West Midlands Kwekwe Central 2008 results Total votes cast for MDC-T ZANU PF main contestants25 2013 results MDC-T ZANU PF Total valid votes 3875 7520 6710 6220 1738 6121 3135 4758 5613 14936 9845 10978 3817 10932 6555 7951 7945 14764 7917 15468 12165 26803 15785 25248 5055 8207 7597 9396 8312 8029 3657 3409 7577 4882 3931 5513 8712 11616 15174 14278 13920 13542 5236 7932 7483 7954 7985 6165 9412 8963 16087 10151 10840 11752 14648 19297 23570 18653 18825 18989 6059 5573 5752 4136 12940 10803 4995 3998 15441 10823 21297 15477 6456 8022 7334 5305 3170 6313 13102 11794 13647 11102 7892 3665 17234 9378 12779 29716 17696 18055 6772 6070 5582 8180 7019 3713 4516 4203 2738 5502 11235 11532 9785 10918 13903 7399 9360 2553 9005 837726 11130 10592 8485 9571 13849 19463 20975 12295 19756 22839 6259 5757 9162 4905 5972 4542 3559 4135 4793 4974 11366 10886 13841 9698 12201 7978 3723 10424 3337 4158 12655 7927 10988 9931 10604 22026 11650 22461 13699 15487 6318 2840 12719 5541 6864 14057 5081 2501 8246 5760 6051 12319 Table 21: The 27 constituencies where ZANU PF won an earlier MDC-T seat, and where ZANU PF increased its support with more than 100 per cent from 2008 to 2013. sett inn note 41,42 41 MDC-T, MDC, ZANU PF and Independents only, not the marginal parties. 42 The total for two MDC-T candidates. 48 49