At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the House of Assembly: 120
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Description
of government structure:
- Parliament: Zimbabwe's House of Assembly is a unicameral parliament consisting of 150 members.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
directly elected for a six-year term.
- In the House of
Assembly, 120 members are elected by simple-majority vote in single
member constituencies, 12 members are nominated by the president, 10
seats are reserved for traditional chiefs and eight seats are filled
by provincial governors.
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party: Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)
Leader: Robert MUGABE
Seats won in this election: 62
Seats won in last election: 117
- Party: The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
Leader: Morgan TSVANGIRAI
Seats won in this election: 57
Seats won in last election: 0 (formed since last election)
- Party: Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU-Ndonga)
Leader: Ndabaningi SITHOLE
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: 2
- Party: Zimbabwe Union of Democrats (ZUD)
Leader: Margaret DONGO
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 0 (formed since last election)
- Party: Zimbabwe
African Peoples Union (ZAPU)
Leader: Joshua MHAMBI
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 0
- Party: United Parties
Leader: Bishop Abel MUZOREWA
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 0
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When was the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary elections last held: April 8-9, 1995
- Seats decided in the last election: 120
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 11,163,160 (July 1999 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 5,049,815 (2000)
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Of Interest:
- Over the past year, Zimbabwe has been plagued by high levels of inflation, unemployment and mass poverty.
- For the first time since independence there was a serious possibility that the opposition would win a majority of elected seats in this election. The election campaign was marked by violent intimidation of opposition supporters, resulting in several deaths.
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SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |