Now that we have time to reflect, here are the total voting figures I was able to collect from 20 Mbare polling stations (across all four wards, straddling 3 constituencies): I have compared the number of votes for the presidential candiate, parliamentary candidate and candidate for councillor for each party and given the figure for parliamentary and council candidates as a percentage of the vote for the presidential candidate. TOTALS (20 polling stations) president MP %of pres councillor %of pres MDC-T 5367 4878 90.9% 4950 92.2% ZANU-PF 4306 4447 103.3% 4587 106.5% There are some differences by ward, as the popularity of parliamentary and council candidates varies , but one clear trend emerges: Morgan Tsvangirai is more popular in Mbare than his party. Robert Mugabe is less popular in Mbare than his party, though the margin is smaller. According to these figures, there must have been a few (probably no more than six in this sample) voters who voted for Morgan Tsvangirai for president and Chipangano leader Jim Kunaka for councillor!
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 03:56:14 +0000