Zimbabwean presidential election, 2002

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1996 Flag of Zimbabwe 2008
Zimbabwean presidential election, 2002
March 9 - March 11, 2002
Candidate Robert Mugabe Morgan Tsvangirai
Party ZANU-PF MDC
Popular vote 1,685,212 1,258,401
Percentage 56.2% 42.0%
Incumbent President
Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF
President-Elect
Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF
Zimbabwe

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Zimbabwe



Other countries · Atlas
 Politics Portal
view  talk  edit

A presidential election was held in Zimbabwe between 9 and 11 March 2002. The election was contested by the incumbent Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, ZANU-Ndonga leader Wilson Kumbula, Shakespeare Maya of the National Alliance for Good Governance and independent candidate Paul Siwela. Although Mugabe won, claiming 56.2% of the vote, it was the closest presidential election to date. Although the Organisation of African Unity described the election as "transparent, credible, free and fair", the conduct of the election was strongly condemned by the Commonwealth.[1]

There were 5,647,812 voters registered for the election; turnout was 55.4%.

Mugabe was sworn in for another term by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on 17 March 2002 at State House in Harare.[2]

[edit] Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Robert Mugabe ZANU-PF 1,685,212 56.2%
Morgan Tsvangirai Movement for Democratic Change 1,258,401 42.0%
Wilson Kumbula ZANU-Ndonga 31,368 1.0%
Shakespeare Maya National Alliance for Good Governance 11,906 0.4%
Paul Siwela Independent 11,871 0.4%
Invalid 132,155 -
Total (Turnout: 55.4%) 3,130,913 100%
Source: African Elections database

[edit] References

  1. ^ Was Zimbabwe's election fair? BBC News, 3 November 2003
  2. ^ "Mugabe sworn in after Zimbabwe's disputed presidential vote", Associated Press (nl.newsbank.com), 17 March 2002.