The incumbent President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared winner of the country’s presidential polls on Saturday, August 26.
Mnangagwa scored a majority vote in a tense presidential election that was marred by delays.
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission declared the election results after announcing each state results.
Chamisa, 45, had been upbeat about victory, and has now rejected the results announced by the electoral body.
His party decried the late deployment of voting materials, and also cited some alleged irregularities in the voting process.
“The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has announced the 2023 presidential election results. His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner with 2,350,711 votes, consisting 52.6% of the vote, followed by Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party who scored 1,906,734, which is 44% of the vote,” Zimbabwe’s Information Ministry tweeted on Saturday.
