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2005 Zimbabwean parliamentary election

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Under the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), it is a requirement for organisers of public meetings to first notify the police of the intention to gather. It is an offence, under the same law, for more than five people to meet without notifying the police, who have the prerogative to permit or deny
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The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, which had some 6,000 observers in the 8,000 polling stations, says that some 10% of would-be voters were turned away, either because their names were not on the electoral roll, they did not have the right identity papers, or they were in the wrong constituency.
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However, on 15 March Zimbabwe's new Electoral Court ruled he could contest parliamentary elections. Nomination would be accepted on 4 April, while polling would take place on 30 April. An appeal by the government reversed this. The appeal was not contested by the MDC or the Bennetts. They considered
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As the results became clear the MDC denounced what it called "the sham elections," which it said had been marked by massive electoral fraud. "The elections cannot be judged to be free and fair," an MDC statement said. "The distorted nature of the pre-election playing field and the failure to address
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The workers were expelled from their homes on farms along with their employers. Thus they did not have the necessary wad of official documents required to register as voters. In addition, many could not afford to travel to their original farm constituencies to verify their details on voters' rolls.
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The Registrar General refused to release the roll in electronic form, supported by judgments from the Supreme Court, necessitating any analysis to work from a paper copy. Electoral Law is very specific in that the roll must be readily and freely available to any person, however it took two years to
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ZCTU requested that an independent electoral commission be established and international observers be allowed in the country, and the government also needed to scrap strict laws restricting the opposition's access to the media and barring it from holding public rallies and meetings without police
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Harare alone is expected to have 522 polling stations, up from 167 polling stations in the presidential elections. For the first time since independence from white minority rule in 1980, Zimbabwe will be holding elections on one day as opposed to two. Ballot counting will also take place at
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Voting must take place at these polling stations: any Zimbabweans living overseas must therefore have registered to be in the electoral roll by 4 February, and must vote in Zimbabwe. Requirements such as these are not uncommon in democratic countries.
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On 8 March at Betura village, ward 16, more than 2 000 people were denied access to buy grain for allegedly failing to produce the badges. Only 200 people who had attended Zanu-PF rallies over the weekend had the badges and were allowed to buy maize.
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High Court Judge George Chiweshe, who chairs the recently established Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, stated that 8227 polling stations will be set up in all of the country's 10 provinces – more than double the number used in previous elections.
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MDC spokesperson Paul Themba Nyathi said the MDC limited its analysis to the 30 seats because the electoral commission refused to release figures for other races, a decision he said "indicates widespread irregularities" in those other areas.
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International observers (except South Africa) are required to pay US$ 300, while South African observers pay US$ 100. Of international observer teams, only South African ones have sufficient personnel and resources to cover rural
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In each case, the MDC said its candidate had an unassailable lead, polling more than half the official total of votes cast. However, the official returns showed 183,000 more votes than the electoral commission said were cast.
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Recently enacted laws demand that potential voters provide proof of residence before they can register. Rural Zimbabweans either produce letters from their headman or chief or from their farm employer as proof of residence.
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in August 2004 governing principles and guidelines on elections; however, no reports on Zimbabwe's compliance have been issued by the body. One of the stipulations is that SADC monitors be invited 90 days before the poll.
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The voters roll is the cornerstone of "one person – one vote." Attempts to verify this have been extremely difficult to carry out because of obstruction and non-co-operation from the Zimbabwe Registrar General.
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after he was excluded from running as the ZANU-PF candidate. The party had decided that a woman should contest the Tsholotsho constituency instead of him, a decision that was linked to Moyo's opposition to
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Mlambo Ngcuka said the observer mission had asked the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to provide evidence to support their claims of discrepancies in 32 of the 120 constituencies.
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that voters would be safer polling on the same day as the rest of the country, where a delay would allow Zanu-PF to concentrate efforts in that district. The MDC has never won a by-election.
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The 20-member South African parliamentary observer mission led by ANC chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe left for Zimbabwe on 14 March, and will return to South Africa on 3 April. On 18 April, the
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Muchauraya said in Chipinge South, Enock Porusingazi was issuing badges inscribed "Election 2005" to supporters attending his rallies. The badges are then used as a ticket to buy maize.
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Member of Parliament and mission member Vincent Gore withdrew, saying that since their arrival in Harare, the mission had been plagued by inefficiency, bad planning "and wasted time".
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Sikhumbuzo Ndiweni, a former ZANU PF Bulawayo Provincial Information and Publicity Secretary, is co-ordinating the Independent Candidates Solidarity Network. Members are:
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Mdladlana said the elections on Thursday "by and large" conformed to election guidelines adopted by southern African leaders last year for holding a democratic vote.
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Roy Bennett's application for release before the elections, on the basis of good behaviour and dissolution of the parliament that ordered the incarceration, failed.
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said in 11 races the winning Zanu-PF candidate got more votes in the official returns than the government's own electoral commission said were cast in those races.
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By 4 February, an SADC team tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that Zimbabwe complies with the regional protocol had yet to receive permission to visit.
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Five members of South Africa's governing African National Congress party arrived in Harare on 10 March headed by James Motlatsi, the first foreign observers.
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on 1 February. 31 March was a public holiday to enable easier voter participation. The parliament was dissolved on 30 March, one day before the elections.
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In that constituency, 64 percent of people in one densely populated block in Harare North, are not known at the addresses given on the voters' roll.
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Zanu-PF candidates took over control of grain stocks in Manicaland and Masvingo from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and are vetting beneficiaries.
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In the 2000 election, Mtoliki Sibanda of the MDC won with 69% of the vote over Mathema of Zanu-PF. Sibanda will be defending his seat again in 2005.
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Only a single MDC constituency managed to complete the audit ahead of the deadline for objections to the voters' roll – a month before the poll.
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has said that Zanu-PF has used threats and intimidation against opposition supporters ahead of the elections which now cannot be free and fair.
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The MDC sees the main issues as being jobs, food, peace, affordable AIDS drugs and honest, competent emphatic leadership. Their rallying cry is
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organisations are relatively strong and able to prevent electoral manipulation. The MDC also won a majority of seats in the southern region of
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party said an investigation indicates massive electoral fraud in at least 30 seats won by the ruling Zanu-PF party.
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core democratic deficits precluded a free and fair election." The MDC claimed it would have won 90 seats if the vote had been free and fair.
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It has been invited as a member of SADC, as chair of the organ on politics, defence and security, and as a neighbouring country. The ruling
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Anyone performing voter education (from approved materials only) must supply full contact details and address, as well as funding sources.
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On 19 February 2005, 32 nations were invited by President Robert Mugabe to observe the parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.
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ZTCU suggested that the date of the elections be postponed. ZCTU themselves have been barred from observing the election.
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There is also a South African government delegation, led by Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana, which arrived 15 March.
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Domestic poll observers require a 'registration fee' of US$ (in local currency) – approximately the monthly minimum wage.
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in Zimbabwean politics, as an election issue. ZANU-PF is also stressing the benefits obtained through its policy of
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individual polling stations and new, translucent ballot boxes will replace wooden ones used in previous elections.
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The 50-member SADC observer mission including 10 South African delegates headed by Minerals and Energy Minister
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airport, charged under Section 18A of the Immigration Act which relates to prohibited immigrants. In response,
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The elections were not free and fair, as the ruling ZANU-PF party engaged in violence against the opposition.
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Tens of thousands of former workers on white-owned farms were deprived of their votes in the March election.
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The results showed the same pattern as in 2000. The MDC won virtually all the seats in the main cities,
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After a meeting the next day between the unions in South Africa Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said
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alleged that voters have been threatened with starvation or violence if they fail to support Zanu-PF.
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has also been asked to send an observer team, while parliament has set up a multi-party delegation.
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Nomination courts sat on 18 February to receive names of those intending to contest in the polls (
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The former information minister registered to run as an independent in the constituency
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A detailed account of the MDC's allegations of electoral fraud can be seen at the
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conceded that Zimbabwe's voters roll was defective and needed to be looked at.
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Approved Zimbabwean observers only announced two days before the elections
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No foreign funding allowed for voter education, unless donated through ZEC.
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said South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana, who led the
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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) controls all voter education.
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He will be facing Musa Ncube-Mathema, the wife of Bulawayo governor
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won the elections with an increased majority against the opposition
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members are allowed to enter Zimbabwe without applying for a visa.
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Non-Zimbabwean citizens are strictly banned from voter education.
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Election Violence in Zimbabwe: Human Rights, Politics and Power
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Parliamentary Election 31 March 2005: Nomination Court Results
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They will supply materials for use in voter education.
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Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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Results of the 2005 Zimbabwean parliamentary election
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
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Index

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2000
2008
House of Assembly
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Robert Mugabe
Morgan Tsvangirai
ZANU–PF
MDC
Politics of Zimbabwe

Constitution
Constitutional history
Human rights
President
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Vice-President
Constantino Chiwenga
Kembo Mohadi
Cabinet
Parliament
Senate
President
National Assembly
Speaker
Constituencies
Supreme Court
Elections

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