Second Round of Voting in The 2008 Zimbabwean Presidential Election - Result of The Election

Result of The Election

e • d Summary of the 29 March and 27 June 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election results
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front Robert Mugabe 1,079,730 43.2 2,150,269 85.5
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai Morgan Tsvangirai 1,195,562 47.9 233,000 9.3
Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn Simba Makoni 207,470 8.3
Independent Langton Towungana 14,503 0.6
Invalidated 131,481 5.2
Totals 2,497,265 100.0 2,514,750 100.0
Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 and subsequent events
Candidates
  • Robert Mugabe (ZANU-PF)
  • Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T)
  • Simba Makoni (Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn)
  • Langton Towungana (independent)
Events
  • First round
  • Parliamentary election
  • Campaigning
  • Vote counting
  • SADC meeting
  • An Yue Jiang
  • Operation Mavhoterapapi
  • Operation Ngatipedzenavo
  • Second round
  • International reaction
  • Seventh Zimbabwean Parliament
  • Political negotiations
  • Cholera outbreak
See also
  • Arthur Mutambara (MDC-M)
  • Emmerson Mnangagwa
  • Joint Operations Command
  • Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
  • Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)
  • Government of National Unity
  • Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee

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