Mugabe wins in first recount

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http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2310795,00.html
Harare - President Robert Mugabe's party won in the first of 23 constituencies to complete a recount of votes from last month's general elections, Zimbabwe's state media said on Wednesday.

Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) was confirmed as the winner of both the election for a seat in parliament and the largely symbolic senate in the Goromonzi West constituency, a rural district near the capital, The Herald newspaper reported.

While recounts in 21 of the constituencies were ordered in seats won by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change after complaints of irregularities by Zanu-PF, Goromozi West was one of only two districts to hold a recount in a seat won by Mugabe's party.

The MDC was initially declared to have taken 109 seats against 97 for Zanu-PF in the 210-seat chamber, but Mugabe's party would regain its majority if it could reverse the results in seven or more of the seats under review.

The recount also covered votes cast in a simultaneous presidential election in which Mugabe was seeking a sixth term in office. None of the results from the presidential election had so far been announced.
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The title is misleading, as it's only one constituency and it is one that Mugabe had apparenly previously won. I hate that kind of journalism.
 
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Anyone want to start a pool?

How many of the 23 being recounted will go to Zanu-PF . . .

I'm saying 17. :o
 
bwana said:
Anyone want to start a pool?

How many of the 23 being recounted will go to Zanu-PF . . .

I'm saying 17. :o
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:p they have to win comfortably... - I reckon 21 ish And I'm willing to bet $50 000 zim on it :D
 
They will win back the house. That way, they can appoint a replacement for Mugabe. He is no longer running things. The votes for president will also miraculously go to a run off because of the recount. Something like the 50.3% will go down to about 47% with Mugabe picking up the lost share just to make it fairly close. Mugabe will then win the run off by about 55% to 45% if not higher.

The Zim people must fight or they will be starved to death.
 
I would say he will win 12. Enough for majority but still "believable"...
 
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