Claim: A Twitter user claimed there was an error in the figures for the presidential election released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The Twitter user claimed the total percentages for the presidential results added to 103 percent instead of 100 percent.
@ZECzim break the world record of pple who have voted
ZANU PF 52,6℅
CCC 44℅
Other parties 6,4℅
Totally 103℅ 😂😂😂
Just a clear sing of rigged election
@SADC_News ,@CCCZimbabwe
Verdict: Incorrect
The total percentage for results announced by ZEC amounts to 100 percent. According to the message, other presidential candidates apart from Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa scored a total of 6.4 percent yet the figures amount to 3.4 percent. The total figure thus adds to 100 percent.
Candidate | Political Party | No. Of Votes | Percentage |
Busha Makamba | FREEZIM | 18 816 | 0.4 |
Chamisa Nelson | CCC | 1 967 343 | 44.4 |
Chikohora Tapiwa | ZCPD | 10 230 | 0.2 |
Kasiyamhuru Blessing | ZIPP | 13 060 | 0.3 |
Madhuku Lovemore | NCA | 5 323 | 0.1 |
Mnangagwa Emmerson | ZANU-PF | 2 350 711 | 52.6 |
Mubaiwa Archibald | NPC | 53 517 | 1.2 |
Muzorewa Henry | UANC | 7 053 | 0.2 |
Mwonzora Douglas | MDC | 28 883 | 0.6 |
Valerio Elizabeth | UZA | 6 989 | 0.2 |
Peter Wilson | DDP | 6 743 | 0.2 |