STORY: Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa wins re-election
DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:26
LOCATION: Harare
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of President Mnangagwa waving to his supporters
2. SOUNDBITE (English): PRISCILLA MAKANYARA CHIGUMBA, Chairperson, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
3. various of chairperson congratulating Mnangagwa's polling agent

STORYLINE:

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been re-elected for his second and final five-year term, after garnering 52.6 percent of the total votes cast, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced on Saturday.

ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said that Mnangagwa beat 10 other presidential contestants in the Aug. 23-24 elections.

SOUNDBITE (English): PRISCILLA MAKANYARA CHIGUMBA, Chairperson, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
"Now, therefore, I, Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, in terms of Section 110, Subsection 3, do hereby declare that Mnangagwa Emmerson Dambudzo of ZANU-PF party has received 2,350,711 votes out of 4,468,730 valid votes cast which are more than half the number of valid votes cast in the presidential election. Therefore, Mnangagwa Emmerson Dambudzo of ZANU-PF party is declared duly elected president of the Republic of Zimbabwe with effect from Aug. 26, 2023."

Mnangagwa's main rival and opposition Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, got 44 percent of the valid votes cast, Chigumba said.

According to Zimbabwean law, a presidential winner must get 50 percent plus one vote of the total valid votes cast.

Zimbabweans voted on Wednesday and Thursday to choose a new president, members of parliament, and representatives of local governments. 

According to ZEC, Mnangagwa's ruling ZANU-PF party has also won the majority of the parliamentary seats.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harare.
(XHTV)