2013 Zimbabwean general election

2013 Zimbabwean general election

31 July 2013
Registered6,187,003
Turnout56.25%
 
Candidate Robert Mugabe Morgan Tsvangirai
Party ZANU–PF MDC-T
Popular vote 2,110,434 1,172,349
Percentage 61.88% 34.37%

President before election

Robert Mugabe
ZANU–PF

Elected President

Robert Mugabe
ZANU–PF


All 270 seats in the National Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ZANU–PF Robert Mugabe 62.93 197 +98
MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai 30.24 70 −30
MDC Welshman Ncube 4.70 2 −8
Independent Jonathan Tawonana Samukange 1.34 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

60 of the 80 seats in the Senate
41 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
ZANU–PF Robert Mugabe 37 +7
MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai 21 −3
MDC Welshman Ncube 2 −4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Maps

General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 31 July 2013. Incumbent President Robert Mugabe was re-elected, whilst his ZANU–PF party won a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.

The elections were not free and fair, as the ruling ZANU–PF party used the state to intimidate the opposition.