Zimbabwean presidential election, 1996

16–17 March 1996



Candidate	Robert Mugabe	Abel Muzorewa
Party	ZANU-PF	United Parties
Popular vote	1,404,501	72,600
Percentage	92.76%	4.8%

President before election

Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF

Elected President

Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF

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Presidential elections was held in Zimbabwe on 16 and 17 March 1996. The elections were contested by the incumbent President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Rhodesia-era Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa, and ZANU-Ndonga leader Ndabaningi Sithole. Mugabe won, claiming over 90% of the vote, though turnout was just 32.3%, largely as a result of Sithole and Muzorewa withdrawing their candidacies shortly before the election (though their names remained on the ballot).

Sithole (who was under virtual house arrest due to charges of attempting to assassinate Mugabe) withdrew after claiming that Mugabe's ZANU-PF was undermining his campaign, whilst Muzorewa pulled out after the Supreme Court turned down his bid to postpone the elections on the basis that the electoral rules were unfair (as state funds were only available to parties with 15 or more seats in parliament).^[1] In December 1997 Sithole was convicted of conspiring to assassinate Mugabe; he appealed but died whilst out on bail.

There were 4,822,289 voters registered for the election.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Robert Mugabe	ZANU-PF	1,404,501	92.76
Abel Muzorewa	United Parties	72,600	4.80
Ndabaningi Sithole	ZANU-Ndonga	36,960	2.44
Invalid/blank votes		43,497	–
Total		1,557,558	100
Registered voters/turnout		4,822,289	32.30
Source: African Elections database

References

↑ Zimbabwe President's Last Rival Withdraws From Election New York Times, 16 March 1996

Elections and referendums in Zimbabwe and its antecedents

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See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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