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ZANU-PF endorses President Emmerson Mnangagwa as only candidate for 2023 elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement that analysts say spell doom for the crisis-riddled opposition. In the past few years, Zanu PF has been thumping the opposition in by-elections, and on the rare occasions that it has lost the gap has been marginal, something that analysts say shows the universal appeal of the ruling party that has been implementing policies that resonate with the masses under the leadership of President Mnangagwa.
A cursory glance at the results of by-elections held in 2022 saw the ruling party winning in Binga Ward 20, 945 votes against CCC's 546 votes, and also snatching Gweru ward 5 from the opposition after its candidate got 556 votes to the CCC candidate's 472.
Notably, these wards were both strongholds of the opposition and the victory by Zanu PF shows the party's making inroads while increasing its lead in rural areas like Mberengwa where the revolutionary party got 726 votes to the CCC's measly 81 votes.
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