ZIMBABWE: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - 2005 18 The Results The Results per Party The table below compares the official results for the 120 constituencies with the election results of 2000 and 2002. 2000 Parliamentary Elections Party Number of Votes 2002 Presidential Elections Number Number of of seats Votes 2005 Parliamentary Elections Number of Number Votes of seats ZANU PF 1,206,962 62 1,695,549 1,569,867 78 MDC 1,169,894 57 1,283,911 1,041,292 41 6,608 0 16,878 1 Zanu Ndonga 1 Independents, including Jonathan Moyo, who won a seat in 2005 Spoiled Total 62,025 1 2,552,844 120 2 2,979,460 2,696,670 120 Thirty additional seats in the Parliament are to be appointed by the President or indirectly elected by chiefs (who are loyal to the President). The loss of votes for MDC from 2000 to 2005 of about 120,000 corresponds to their loss of votes in Harare and Bulawayo, whereas the number of votes in the rest of the country is about the same as in 2000. ZANU PF has increased their vote by 360,000 in all since 2000. Turnout The published turnout figures have in most cases been relative to the September 2004 registration figures used by the Delimitation Commission when they drew up the constituencies. The total figure was at that time 5,658,637, and the turnout is 47.7% of that figure. On 23 March the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) published a final registration figure of 5,789,912, and if this figure is being used, the turnout drops one per cent to 46.6%. 1 Valid votes only. 2 The valid Zanu PF and MDC votes only.

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