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20 Mar, 16 tweets, 3 min read
Let's talk about the Mateleland vote #Asakhe
Bulawayo and the 2018 elections
The Alliance received most of the seats for the house of assemble but
for the first time since 2000(MDC) got less than 50% of the vote. (49.5%)
ZANUPF got 25.1% of the vote
Khuphe’s MDC T got 8.6% of the vote.All other smaller parties combined got 16.8&
All other smaller parties including Khuphe;s MDC got 25.4% of the vote .
Bulawayo and the 2018 elections
There was an average of 17 candidates per constitiency in Bulawayo
Nkulumane had 23 candidates
ZANU-PF WON a seat in Bulawayo the first since 2000 because Alliance fielded two candidates
Bulawayo Parliamentary Vote 2018.
Look at ZANUPF vote vs non ZANUPF vote
Matabeleland North
ZANU PF won the most votes in Mat North, with 39.5% Alliance 37.8%, & MDC-T 9.5% . combined MDC vote was 47.3%, which was 7.8% more than the ZANUPF. A further 13.2% of voters, did not vote for either MDCs or ZANUPF.
Altogether, the non--ZANU-PFvote adds up to 60.5%.
The Majority of voters in Matebeleand North did not vote ZANUPF
Mat North
At Presidential level Chamisa won 50.2% of the vote. Mnangangwa
40.7%,.
Khuphe 4.7% .
Other candidates combined 4.4% of the vote.( There were 23 presidential candidates.
Mat South
ZANUPF won 53% of the vote.
MDC Alliance won 30.3 %
MDC T won 5.2%
All other opposition parties combined won 11.5% .
MDC Alliance won one seat in Mat south ( Gwanda central)
Gwanda North , Gwanda South. And Matobo South coz of a divided vote.
Presidential vote in Matebeleland
In 2000 MDC won 21 out of the 23 consituencies in Matebeleland
In Bulawayo MDC got 83.6 % of the vote (Harare had 75.9%).
Matabeleland North had 73.6%
Matabeleland South 59.3%
These were the only rural areas were the oppositionon got over 50% of the vote in 2000
Mat North % vote by party in 2018
ZANUPF votes compared to combines MDC votes &Non ZANUPF votes in 7 closely contested Mat constituencies.#Asakhe
In conclusion in many Matebeleland constituencies the Majority do not vote ZANUPF
Not every part of Matebeland was affected by Gukurahundi. So we can even look at areas affected by Gukurahundi and the vote.

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