Mnangagwa won 52.6 per cent of the vote, the Zimbabwe Election Commission said. Main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa won 44 per cent of the vote
“We reject any results hastily assembled without proper verification,” said Promise Mkwananzi, a spokesperson for Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change Party. “We will advise citizens on the next steps as the situation develops.”
The result keeps the ruling ZANU-PF party in the presidency. ZANU-PF has been in government for 43 years since Zimbabwe won independence from white minority rule in 1980. Mnangagwa replaced long-ruling autocrat Robert Mugabe in a coup in 2017 and won a disputed election by a razor-thin margin against Chamisa in 2018.
Ahead of Saturday’s announcement of the results, dozens of armed police with water cannons guarded the national results centre, the scene of deadly violence after the previous vote five years ago when the army killed six people following protests over delays in announcing presidential election results.This election was marked by more trouble in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes.
Voting only closed on Thursday after delays in distributing ballot papers in the capital, Harare, and other urban areas prompted Mnangagwa to extend voting by a day. Many voters slept outside polling stations in urban areas that are opposition strongholds to cast their ballots.
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