Zimbabwe: 2005 House of Assembly results by party

June 2007

The election was held on 31 March 2005 (kubatana.net 2005).

Voting statistics

Registered voters 5 658 624
Total votes 2 696 670
% Turnout 47.66
Valid votes 2 634 645
Spoilt ballots 62 025
% Spoilt ballots 2.30

Table source

Adapted from kubatana.net 2005.

Seat allocation

The Zimbabwean parliament consisted of 150 members:

  • 120 members were elected from single member constituencies by plurality.
  • 12 members were nominated by the President
  • 8 Chiefs were chosen by their peers
  • 10 Provincial Governors were ex officio members

Election results

Party No Votes % Votes No Seats % Seats
Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) 1 569 867 59.59 78 65.0
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) 1 041 292 39.52 41 34.2
Independents 16 878 0.64 1 0.8
Zimbabwe African National Union - Ndonga (ZANU - Ndonga) 6 608 0.25 0 0.0
Total 2 634 645 100.00 120 100.0

Table source

Adapted from kubatana.net 2005.

Reference

KUBATANA.NET 2005, "Results for Parliamentary Elections March 31, 2005", [www] http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/elec/050331parlres.asp?sector=ELEC [opens new window] (accessed 29 Oct 2007).