Zimbabwe: 2008 Parliamentary candidates by party
Updated March 2008
Note: See also:
- 2008 Party Senate candidates by province and constituency [PDF document]
- 2008 Party House of Assembly candidates by province and constituency [PDF document]
The Nomination Courts sat on the 15 Feb 2008. The number of seats contested in the Senate is 60, six from each of the 10 provinces. There are 210 seats in the National Assembly, all of which are elective. The national breakdown for candidates nominated by each party for each house is given below.
Note: The figures below are to be treated with caution for the following reasons:
- The list supplied by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission was incomplete. The ZESN notes that: "The nomination results for Glen View North and Muzarabani South are not appearing on the official results schedule that ZEC released" (ZSN 2008b, 2).
- There appear to be errors on the list, especially in the attribution of party affiliations to candidates (ZESN 2008b, 3).
- At least fourteen candidates have withdrawn since the publication of the lists; six ZANU-PF candidates, six MDC-Mutambara candidates and two independent candidates (Herald 2008).
| Party | Leader | Founded | Senate | House of Assembly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) | Robert Gabriel Mugabe | Aug 1963 | 61 | 219 |
| Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC - Tsvangirai) | Morgan Tsvangirai | 11 Sep 1999 | 61 | 204 |
| Movement for Democratic Change Mutambara (MDC - Mutambara) | Arthur Mutambara | 2005 | 36 | 151 |
| Independents | Not applicable | Not applicable | 20 | 104 |
| United People's Party (UPP) | Daniel Shumba | 24 Jun 2006 | 11 | 49 |
| Zimbabwe Progressive People's Democratic Party (ZPPDP) | Tafirenyika Mudavanhu | Dec 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP) | Kisinoti Mukwazhe | Dec 2006 | 0 | 9 |
| Patriotic Union of Matabeleland (PUMA) | Leonard Nkala | 15 Feb 2006 | 2 | 7 |
| Federal Democratic Union (FDU) | Paul Siwela | 18 Feb 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| Peace Action is Freedom for All (PAFA) | 0 | 6 | ||
| Zimbabwe African National Union - Ndonga (ZANU - Ndonga) | Wilson Khumbula | 1975 | 1 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe African People's Union - Federal Party (ZAPU-FP) | 2002 | 1 | 1 | |
| Voice of the People/Vox Populi (VP) | Moreprecision Muzadzi | Jan 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Democratic Party (CDP) | William Gwata | Feb 2008? | 0 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance (ZIYA) | Moses Mutyasira (SG) | 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| ZURD | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 196 | 773 |
Table source
ZESN 2008a.
References
HERALD 2008 "Fourteen candidates withdraw", [www] http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=31959&cat=1 [opens new window] (accessed 13 Mar 2008).
ZESN 2008a "Results of Nomination Court for the Harmonised Elections 2008", [www] http://www.zesn.org.zw/publications/publication_145.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 3 Mar 2008).
ZESN 2008b "Pre-election Update No 5: 6 February - 11 March 2008".