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General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 23 March 1990 to elect the president and Parliament. They were the first elections to be contested under the amended constitution of 1987, which established an elected executive presidency and abolished the Senate. They were also the first ever elections in the country to be contested on a single roll, with no separate voting for whites and blacks.
In the presidential contest, incumbent Robert Mugabe secured his first full term; he had become President following the 1987 constitutional amendments after serving as Prime Minister since the country gained internationally recognised independence in 1980.[1] Mugabe's ZANU–PF party won 117 of the 120 elected seats in Parliament.[2]
The elections were not free and fair. Mugabe's regime and the ZANU-PF used paramilitary organizations to intimidate opposition, and also abused legislative and judicial powers to stay in power.[3]
Candidate Party Votes % Robert Mugabe ZANU–PF 2,026,976 83.05 Edgar Tekere Zimbabwe Unity Movement 413,840 16.95 Total 2,440,816 100.00 Valid votes 2,440,816 94.34 Invalid/blank votes 146,388 5.66 Total votes 2,587,204 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,799,333 53.91 Source: African Elections DatabaseA total of 4,799,324 voters were registered, but 576,432 were in uncontested constituencies.[4]
Party Votes % Seats +/– ZANU–PF 1,690,071 80.55 117 +53 Zimbabwe Unity Movement 369,031 17.59 2 New ZANU–Ndonga 19,448 0.93 1 0 United African National Council 11,191 0.53 0 New National Democratic Union 498 0.02 0 New Independents 7,954 0.38 0 –1 Total 2,098,193 100.00 120 +20 Valid votes 2,098,193 93.76 Invalid/blank votes 139,653 6.24 Total votes 2,237,846 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,222,892 52.99 Source: African Elections Database, Nohlen et al.[4]RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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