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President Tsvangirai wins presidential race
Movement for Democratic Change
April 02, 2008

http://mdc.co.zw/newsbody.asp?newsid=57

President Morgan Tsvangirai has won the Presidential race in an election which has seen the MDC winning in most rural constituencies.

President Tsvangirai garnered 1 169 860 votes, Robert Mugabe 1 043 451 and Simba Makoni 169 636. President Tsvangirai has 50,3 percent of the total presidential vote and he has won the election with no need for a run-off.

President Tsvangirai, who has addressed bread and butter issues in his campaign, has won the Presidential race, setting the mood and the hope for a new Zimbabwe and a new beginning in a country ravaged by gross misgovernance, corruption and unprecedented economic decline.

The MDC President has won even in those few constituencies where MDC parliamentary candidates narrowly lost to Zanu PF candidates in an election marred by serious irregularities.

The MDC has 99 seats. We won all 12 House of Assembly seats and four out of five Senatorial seats in Bulawayo, 28 out of the 29 seats in Harare and the majority of the seats in Manicaland, Masvingo and the Midlands provinces.

Addressing a press conference in Harare today, MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti told journalists, diplomats and observers in Harare that President Tsvangirai had won the Presidential vote and there was no need for a rerun because he had more than 50 percent of the total vote.

"While the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is delaying announcing the results, we avail to you these results as confirmed by the figures pasted outside the polling stations in accordance with the law. President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai has won the election and we are waiting for the official announcement by ZEC," said Hon Biti.

"We see the state media is trying to psyche the nation towards a run-off. Even though we have won the election, we are prepared to contest the run off even though Mugabe should avoid embarrassment by conceding defeat."

Zanu PF had the misconception that the MDC was made up of urban supporters. This election has debunked the myth that the MDC is an urban-based party. We have MPs in Murehwa, Hurungwe, Makoni, Buhera, Zhombe, Binga, Matobo, Bindura and Mutasa.

The nation, however, is worried Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's delay in announcing the Presidential election results. In the townships, the government has deployed armed police and intelligence operatives in what many suspect is a move to intimidate the people while the regime tries to fiddle with the figures.

The following is the full list of the constituencies won by the MDC.

HARARE PROVINCE

• HARARE WEST
• HARARE EAST
• HARARE NORTH
• GLEN VIEW NORTH
• GLEN VIEW SOUTH
• GLEN NORAH
• HIGH FIELD EAST
• HIGHFIELD WEST
• KUWADZANA EAST
• KUWADZANA WEST
• MBARE
• SOUTHERTON
• ZENGEZA EAST
• ZENGEZA WEST
• SUNNINGDALE
• DZIVARESEKWA
• EPWORTH
• KAMBUZUMA
• HARARE CENTRAL
• HATFIELD
• MABVUKU-TAFARA
• MT PLEASANT
• WARREN PARK
• MUFAKOSE
• BUDIRIRO
• CHITUNGWIZA NORTH
• CHITUNGWIZA SOUTH
• ST MARY'S
• EPWORTH

BULAWAYO PROVINCE

• MAKOKOBA
• BULAWAYO CENTRAL
• BULAWAYO EAST
• LOBENGULA
• MAGWEGWE
• EMAKANDENI - ENTUMBANE
• LUVEVE
• PUMULA
• BULAWAYO SOUTH
• NKETA
• NKULUMANE

MANICALAND PROVINCE

• DANGAMVURA -CHIKANGA
• MUTASA SOUTH
• MAKONI CENTRAL
• BUHERA WEST
• BUHERA SOUTH
• CHIPINGE SOUTH
• CHIPINGE NORTH
• CHIMANIMANI WEST
• MUSIKAVANHU
• MAKONI SOUTH
• MAKONI NORTH
• MAKONI WEST
• MUTARE CENTRAL
• MUTARE WEST
• MUTARE SOUTH
• MUTASA CENTRAL
• BUHERA CENTRAL
• MUTASA NORTH
• NYANGA SOUTH
• NYANGA NORTH

MASHONALAND CENTRAL

• MAZOWE CENTRAL
• BINDURA SOUTH

MASVINGO

• MASVINGO URBAN
• MASVINGO WEST
• BIKITA WEST
• BIKITA EAST
• BIKITA SOUTH
• ZAKA WEST
• ZAKA NORTH
• MASVINGO CENTRAL
• GUTU SOUTH
• GUTU NORTH
• GUTU EAST
• GUTU CENTRAL
• CHIREDZI WEST

MATEBELAND NORTH

• BINGA NORTH
• BINGA SOUTH
• HWANGE CENTRAL
• HWANGE EAST
• HWANGE WEST

MASHONALAND WEST

• CHEGUTU WEST
• KADOMA CENTRAL
• HURUNGWE WEST
• KARIBA
• CHINHOYI
• NORTON

MASHONALAND EAST

• MARONDERA CENTRAL
• MUREHWA WEST
• CHIKOMBA CENTRAL
• GOROMONZI SOUTH

MIDLANDS

• KWEKWE
• MBIZO
• GWERU URBAN
• MKOBA
• SILOBELA
• ZHOMBE
• GOKWE KABYUNI

MATEBELELAND SOUTH

• MATOBO SOUTH
• MATOBO NORTH
• MAZOWE SOUTH: NB. We have ordered for a recount after ZEC announced that it was now a Zanu PF seat after having initially declared the MDC candidate the winner.

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