Zimbabwe: Referendum 2000: Results

Updated June 2007

A national referendum was held on 12 and 13 February 2000 on the adoption of a new constitution for Zimbabwe. The proposed constitution would have, amongst other things, strengthened the power of the presidency to confiscate white-owned land without compensation (EISA 2000 7-8).

President Robert Mugabe proposed the new constitution and his party, Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU PF), campaigned for an endorsing "yes" vote. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led the campaign of the opposition parties for a "no" vote (EISA 2000 7-8).

The new constitution was rejected by 54.31% to 45.69% of the votes; voter turnout was about 26% (EISA 2000 8-9).

See VENTER, D 2005, Zimbabwe before and after the June 2000 elections: an assessment, for a discussion of the implications of this poll.

Votes per Province

Province	No vote	Yes vote	Total
Bulawayo	90 422	27 737	118 159
Harare	218 298	73 410	291 708
Manicaland	67 787	38 993	106 780
Mashonaland Central	43 385	96 661	140 046
Mashonaland East	39 930	60 354	100 284
Mashonaland West	53 328	75 251	128 597
Masvingo	49 658	61 927	111 585
Matabeleland North	31 224	26 413	57 637
Matabeleland South	31 759	33 606	65 365
Midlands	70 572	91 587	162 159
National	696 363	585 939	1 282 302

Table source

EISA 2000, 9.

Reference

EISA 2000 Zimababwe Election Update 2000, 1, 5 June.