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The Zimbabwe Senate election of 2005 was held on November 26 to elect members to the newly formed Zimbabwe Senate. There were a total of 3,239,574 registered voters, of which 631,347 or 19.5% voted. Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF won in a landslide election, garnering over 73% of the popular vote, in what was the nation's first senate elections. The elections were also boycotted by many members of the Movement for Democratic Change as a protest against the suspected election rigging of the March 31 parliamentary election earlier that year, which also saw a low voter turnout of 47.7%.
The decision by some in the MDC to contest the election lead to the MDC spliting in two
[edit] Election results
e•d Summary of the 26 November 2005 Senate of Zimbabwe election results
| Parties |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front |
449,860 |
73.71 |
43 |
| Movement for Democratic Change |
123,628 |
20.26 |
7 |
| Zimbabwe African National Union - Ndonga |
11,023 |
1.81 |
0 |
| Independents |
9,689 |
1.59 |
0 |
| Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance |
6,919 |
1.13 |
0 |
| Peace Action is Freedom for All |
5,278 |
0.86 |
0 |
| African National Party |
3,585 |
0.59 |
0 |
| Zimbabwe African People's Union - Federal Party |
213 |
0.03 |
0 |
| Multi-Racial Open Party - Christian Democrats |
100 |
0.02 |
0 |
| Ex-officio members (Chiefs) |
10 |
| Presidential appointees |
6 |
| Total (turnout 19.5%) |
610,295 |
100.00 |
66 |
| Registered voters |
3,239,574 |
|
| Total votes cast |
631,347 |
| Invalid votes |
21,052 |
| Source: African Elections Database |
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