Zimbabwe hours away from presidential election result
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in mashonaland central province the ruling party made a clean sweep of all 18 constituencies1 zimbabwes presidential election results will be announced at 11.00pm todaynigerian time zimbabwe electoral commission commissioner dr qhubani moyo has said1 in the parliamentary election results already announced the ruling zanu-pf has won more than two-thirds majority clinching 144 seats out of the 207 constituencies whose results were announced by the zimbabwe electoral commission zec1 the seven-party mdc alliance managed only 61 seats with the mugabe project the national patriotic front npf winning one seat1 only one independent candidate mr temba mliswa won. he retained his norton seat1 in 2013 the ruling zanu-pf won 160 seats to the then mdc-ts 49 with one seat going to the mdc then led by professor welshman ncube who is now an mdc-alliance principal1 zanu-pf dominated its traditional strongholds of mashonaland central mashonaland west mashonaland east masvingo midlands matabeleland south and manicaland provinces1 moyo made the announcement at the national election results centre in harare where zec is regularly announcing election results for senate provincial council and proportionate representative1 it also made significant headway in opposition strongholds such as bulawayo where it snatched bulawayo south1 despite losing the parliamentary election the opposition mdc alliance has been claiming victory in the presidential election after accusing the zec of tampering with the result1 mdc presidential candidate nelson chamisa had claimed in a tweet early on tuesday that he won resoundingly a claim justified by the verdict given by voters only in harare and bulawayo. the results from other parts of the country were not so good for mdc alliance1 mdcs claim and protests against alleged vote rigging in harare on wednesday led to a clash with the army and police. three persons were reportedly killed1 president emmerson mnangagwa has sent condolences to the families of the victims of the violence which he said was orchestrated by mdc1 i wish to extend my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of yesterdays violence he said1 all human life is sacred and their deaths are a tragedy irrespective of the circumstances. i would like to also wish a speedy recovery to all those injured in yesterdays events. they alongside the families of the victims are in my thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. the most important thing for us now is to move beyond yesterdays tragic events and to move forward together1