Bikita West end of day update

Heal Zimbabwe in collaboration with the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimrights monitored the Bikita West by-election. All the 58 polling stations closed at 7pm and the counting of votes has commenced. Heal Zimbabwe had a mobile team that monitored all the 58 polling stations. Apart from the mobile team, Heal Zimbabwe also had 58 trained human rights monitors at every polling station.

Source: Bikita West end of day update – The Zimbabwean 22.01.2017 by Heal Zimbabwe

Generally, the electoral environment was peaceful with no recorded incidences of overt political violence in the areas visited by Heal Zimbabwe.

There was high voter turnout at most polling stations with the majority of voters being women. The by election was however marred by increasing reports of assisted voters, intimidation of voters and compilation of names. There was also a markedly high number of assisted voters.

Heal Zimbabwe notes that such electoral malpractices witnessed in the by election compromise the conditions for a free and fair election. Heal Zimbabwe will produce a more detailed report of the by election.

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    Mazano Rewayi 7 years ago

    96% literacy rate but still people have to be “assisted” to put an X! We are a joke. And that 36 years after independence and “unprecedented successes in education”!! Shameful, really.

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    Mthwakazi 7 years ago

    Mazano, it’s not like people don’t know where to put their X or even write it. It’s an election thieving tactic by Zanu.

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    Nhamodzenyika 7 years ago

    Isn’t it that they were promised with dearth if they voted other wise

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    matsika kt 7 years ago

    its a disgrace for our fellow yuth who continue to support zanu pf a party wc has given them nothing from birth except poverty n marginalisation.shame u guys