Democracy Ratings
| Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 5.5 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Not Free |
|---|---|---|
| EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 3.16 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 136 |
| Polity IV 2016 |
Score: 4 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Closed Anocracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Presidential |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | Two-round system
(unless one candidate secures over 50% of the vote) |
| Last Presidential Election | 2013 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2018 |
| Presidential Term Limits | Two, five-year terms
(applies from 2013 onwards) |
| System of Appointment to Legislature | Lower Chamber: 210 elected in single-member constituencies
For first two parliaments, 60 additional seats will be reserved for women (6 per province) filled through party-list proportional representation based on votes for single-member constituencies Upper Chamber: 60 elected in six-member, provincial constituencies through party-list proportional representation based on votes for lower house 16 elected by provincial assembly of chiefs through single non-transferable vote (2 for each non-metropolitan district) 1 seat each for the president and deputy president of the National Council of Chiefs 1 male and 1 female seat for people with disabilities elected on separate ballots using first past the post by an electoral college designated by the National Disability Board.
|
| Last Legislative Election |
2013 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2018 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | Lower Chamber: 270 (210)Upper Chamber: 80 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | Yes: reserved seats |
Results
| Last presidential election (2013) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | 2nd round not needed | |
| Robert Mugabe | 61.09 | |
| Morgan Tsvangirai | 33.94 | |
| Welshman Ncube | 2.68 | |
| Dumiso Dabengwa | 0.74 | |
| Kisinoti Mukwazhe | 0.29 | |
| Last legislative election (2016) | ||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
| ZANU–PF | 62.39 | 196 |
| MDC-T | 30.29 | 70 |
| MDC-N | 4.7 | 2 |
| ZAPU | 0.42 | 0 |
| Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn | 0.2 | 0 |
| United Movement for Democracy | 0.04 | 0 |
| ZANU-Ndonga | 0.03 | 0 |
| FreeZim Congress | 0.02 | 0 |
| Alliance Khumbula Ekhaya | 0.01 | 0 |
| Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe | 0.01 | 0 |
| Freedom Front | 0.01 | 0 |
| CTD | 0 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe Development Party | 0 | 0 |
| People’s Democratic Union | 0 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe People’s Movement | 0 | 0 |
| Voice of the People | 0 | 0 |
| Independents[a] | 1.86 | 2 |
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