Zimbabwean general election, 1990

Zimbabwean presidential election, 1990

23 March 1990



Candidate	Robert Mugabe	Edgar Tekere
Party	ZANU-PF	Zimbabwe Unity Movement
Popular vote	2,026,976	413,840
Percentage	83.05%	16.95%

President before election

Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF

Elected President

Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF

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General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 23 March 1990 to elect the President and Parliament. They were the first elections to be contested under the amended constitution of 1987, which established an elected executive presidency and abolished the Senate. They were also the first ever elections in the country to be contested on a single roll, i.e. with no separate voting for whites and blacks.

The result was a victory for incument President Robert Mugabe, whose ZANU-PF party won 117 of the 120 elected seats in Parliament.^[1]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Robert Mugabe	ZANU-PF	2,026,976	83.05
Edgar Tekere	Zimbabwe Unity Movement	413,840	16.95
Invalid/blank votes		146,388	–
Total		2,587,204	100
Registered voters/turnout		4,799,333	53.91
Source: African Elections database

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
ZANU-PF	1,690,071	80.54	117	+53
Zimbabwe Unity Movement	369,031	17.59	2	New
ZANU-Ndonga	19,448	0.93	1	0
UANC	11,191	0.53	0	New
National Democratic Union	498	0.02	0	New
Independents	7,954	0.38	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes	139,653	–	–	–
Total	2,237,846	100	120	+20
Source: African Elections Database

References

↑ Elections in Zimbabwe African Elections Database

Elections and referendums in Zimbabwe and its antecedents

Presidential elections	1990 1996 2002 2008 2013 2018

Parliamentary elections	1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1920 1924 1928 1933 1934 1939 1946 1948 1954 1958 1962 1965 1970 1974 1977 1979 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2013 2018

Senate elections	2005 2008 2013 2018

Referendums	1922 1934 1953 1961 1964 1969 1979 2000 2013

See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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