First batch of Senate seat results: 5 seats each
Well, here’s the first batch of Senate seats announced by the ZEC. It’s more of the same ZEC strategy: information being tortuously drip-fed with results being released in neck and neck stages. We know, from David Coltart’s website, that he has not only won his seat but was sworn in on Sunday last weekend; this ZEC we’ll-tell-you-when-we-feel-like-it system is really beginning to bug me.
Here they are: ZEC’s announcement of the first ten seats, with 5 going to MDC MT and the other 5 to Zanu PF:
Chisipite (Harare)
MDC MT 28031 / ZPF 8496 / IND 2774 /
Chitungwiza (Harare)
MDC MT 37138 / ZPF 14533 / MDC AM 4413 /
Chizhanje (Harare)
MDC MT 13701 / ZPF 4034 / MDC AM 2487 /
Goromonzi (Mashonaland East)
ZPF 16156 / MDC MT 15287 / MDC AM 4560 /
Hwata (Harare)
MDC MT 67131 / ZPF 14582 / IND 2354 /
Marondera-Wedza (Mashonaland East)
ZPF 24571 / MDC MT 17370 / MDC AM 6994 / IND 1996 /
Murewa (Mashonaland East)
ZPF 22429 / MDC MT 17401 /
Mutoko (Mashonaland East)
ZPF 26144 / MDC MT 15345 /
Mvurachena (Harare)
MDC MT 13942 / ZPF 7897 / IND 2238 /
Mwenezi-Chivi (Masvingo)
ZPF 44829 / MDC MT 20700 / IND 2323 /
April 4th, 2008 14:37
Do we have PVT numbers for these?
April 4th, 2008 19:55
MDC will win Senate
Based on my own analysis of the House of Assembly voting patterns which I applied to each of the 60 contested Senate seats I come up with the following:
MDC (Tsvangirai) - 29 seats
MDC (Mutumbara) - 5 seats
ZANU-PF - 26 seats
Thus if these projections hold true, then the two MDC factions will have a coalition of 34 seats or an 8 seat margin in the Senate. But that does not account for 33 appointed seats which would be determined by who becomes the new president, hopefully I think it will be Morgan Tsvangirai.