Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa re-elected president: electoral commission

26 August 2023 - 23:45 By Reuters
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Zimbabwean President and leader of the ruling ZANU-PF, Emmerson Mnangagwa, gestures as he casts his vote in the general elections at the Sherwood primary school in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023.
Zimbabwean President and leader of the ruling ZANU-PF, Emmerson Mnangagwa, gestures as he casts his vote in the general elections at the Sherwood primary school in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023.
Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won this week's presidential election with 52.6% of the vote, the country's electoral commission said on Saturday.

Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expected to secure re-election for a second term.

According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, his main challenger, Nelson Chamisa, secured 44% of the presidential vote.

Mnangagwa also narrowly defeated Chamisa at the last presidential election in 2018.

 


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