{"id":56562,"date":"2022-03-27T18:57:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T16:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc"},"modified":"2022-03-27T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T19:07:32","slug":"by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc","title":{"rendered":"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing party also won two seats, including the Epworth constituency, which had of late become an opposition stronghold.<\/p>\n

The seats that were won by the ruling party in the just-ended by-elections include Epworth Constituency, Mutasa South Constituency, Harare Ward 21 (Mabvuku), Mberengwa South, and Ward 15 in Chitungwiza. Speaking on the results, the ruling party said:<\/p>\n

We won 9 seats in the House of Assembly Elections We retained all 7 seats we won in 2018 and snatched 2 from CCC.<\/p>\n

ZANU PF Spokesperson, Chris Mutsvangwa said the ruling party was relieved to have \u201ckept and solidified its traditional support in the traditional rural bastions.\u201d He added:<\/p>\n

The Party of the Zimbabwe Revolution is most delighted that it made fresh inroads in MDC-CCC urban strongholds.<\/p>\n

Some Epworth residents said they \u201chad no problems voting (ZANU PF\u2019s) Zalerah Makari because the last time she was there we saw some development in Epworth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenting on the development on Twitter, one Luke @lucas_chatoo suggested that voting for ZANU PF was \u201cthe normal thing\u201d for Epworth residents. Added Luke:<\/p>\n

They chose someone who wanted it the most. That should be normal even kusvika kuma Presidential, we don\u2019t owe anyone. Anoda kuita leader should earn it. Manje kuma presidential the rural decide for us. Havana zvokuita,they use their energy on voting.<\/p>\n

Some believe the title deeds factor played the trick. One Washington @wash1024 said on Twitter:<\/p>\n

Fear of murambatsvina is number 1 in Epworth and they remember that when voting and Zanu pf leverages that. CCC cannot promise them title deeds or even temporary security like Zpf<\/p>\n

During the campaigns, the ruling party promised to give title deeds to Epworth residents.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Team Pachedu, an opposition political activism online group, suggested that the victory was fraudulently attained. Said Team Pachedu:<\/p>\n

ZEC manipulated the voters\u2019 roll resulting in many voters failing to vote yesterday\u2026 ZEC illegally secretly moved people to different wards\u2026 relatives who live together in Epworth, but are voting in different wards. This is ILLEGAL. ZEC violated the Electoral Act and heads must roll.<\/p>\n

ZEC has in the past denied Team Pachedu\u2019s allegations that it was rigging elections in the favour of the ruling party.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing party also won two seats, including the Epworth constituency, which had of late become an opposition stronghold. The seats that were won by the ruling party in the just-ended by-elections include Epworth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,10,15],"tags":[8229,1493,2189,8265,1557,19,2127],"class_list":{"0":"post-56562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-parties","11":"category-twitter","12":"tag-26-march-by-elections","13":"tag-africa-press","14":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","15":"tag-citizens-coalition-for-change-ccc","16":"tag-zanu-pf-2","17":"tag-zimbabwe","18":"tag-zimbabwe-electoral-commission-zec"},"yoast_head":"\nBy-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-27T16:57:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-27T19:07:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc\",\"name\":\"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-27T16:57:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-27T19:07:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":435,\"caption\":\"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d - zimbabwe","description":"The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d","og_description":"The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2022-03-27T16:57:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-27T19:07:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":435,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc","name":"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-27T16:57:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-27T19:07:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"The ruling ZANU PF retained the seven Parliamentary seats it won in 2018 that had become vacant recently. The governing ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/img-6240b5cf6fce3.jpg","width":800,"height":435,"caption":"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/by-elections-update-zanu-pf-has-retained-seats-won-in-2018-snatched-2-from-ccc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"By-elections Update: ZANU PF Has Retained Seats Won In 2018, \u201cSnatched 2 From CCC\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}