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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is circulating statistical evidence to the press to back up its claim that it won with an absolute majority in the presidential election.

The results put Tsvangirai at 51.7%, while President Robert Mugabe is at 43.3%.

Below are the match ups MDC versus Zanu-PF presidential vote allocation breakdown in the country’s 10 “provinces”,please note it excludes independent candidate Simba Makoni who got a significant share in Matebeland provinces.


Presidential Poll Results as Provided By the MDC
Morgan Tsvangirai Robert Mugabe
Bulawayo 49 660 11 146
Harare 227 387 60 523
Manicaland 212 553 131 856
Mashonaland Central 78 650 150 889
Mashonaland East 130 753 156 746
Mashonaland West 126 832 134 329
Masvingo 164 345 152 327
Matebeleland North 68 656 39 143
Matebeleland South 34 437 44 995
Midlands 155 122 162 338

TOTAL 1 248 395 1 044 292

Percentage total 51.7% 43.3%

The total number of votes cast including those of other candidates is 2 413 830.

The results concur with those that MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti provided at a news conference three days after the poll. That projection was provided by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network.

It showed Tsvangirai received between 47.0 to 51.8 of the vote and Robert Mugabe 39.2 to 44.4. The Margin of Error was 2.4%

State media have since seized on 47.0 and ignored 51.8 to say he failed to win an absolute majority.