The Manica Post Online gives you LIVE UPDATES for two Parliamentary constituencies – Dangamvura-Chikanga and Mutasa South – as well as in 15 wards.
In Mutare, by-elections will take place in seven wards, while Chipinge has four vacant council seats.
Makoni, Mutasa, Nyanga and Buhera have one vacant council seat each.
08:02 – Prospective voters check for their names on the displayed voters roll before joining the queue to cast their vote in Dangamvura, which falls under the Dangamvura-Chikanga Constituency
08:47 – Voting has started well at polling stations in Hobhouse (Dangamvura-Chikanga Constituency). By 8am voters, well already casting their ballots
09:15 – In Mutasa South, voting started at a very low note. At most centres very few people were voting. Mutasa South presiding officer, Mr Samuel Sitima, said voting started well. He said the process is peaceful and progressing well
09:57 – Voters continue to trickle in at Matione Primary School in Ward 4, Chipinge
10:12 Presiding officers assist voters at Muchena B polling station in Mutasa South
10:37 – There are no queues at Rujeko and Sheni primary schools as well as Dangamvura Beit Hall
10:59 – Voting is going on well at Muchena A polling station in Mutasa South
11:33 – At Forest Industries Training Centre (FITC) in Penhalonga, 77 people had voted by 11am
12:02 – In Makoni North, voting in Ward 4 is taking place at one polling station – Maruma Primary School. The ward has 230 registered voters from 51 farms, and by 11am 100 people had already voted
12:17 – Two candidates – Cde Allen Chin’onzo (ZANU PF) and Mr Gracian Chikomo (Citizens Coalition for Change-CCC) – are vying for the Makoni Rural District Council seat which became vacant following the death last year of Councillor Nyabeze
12:40 – In an update on Ward 4, Election Officer – Mr Lewis Bhila – said voting started on a low note but gradually improved around 10am at a polling station at Sakubva Primary School in Mutare for the local authority seat. He said by mid-day 302 men had voted while 317 women had cast their vote
12:55 – Mr Bhila said some voters who were not registered in Ward 4 and those who did not have valid identity particulars were turned away
13:47 – The by-elections are being held under strict adherence to the recommended Covid-19 protocols
14:40 – Mr Anesu Zaranyika, the MA’AT candidate for Dangamvura-Chikanga constituency has expressed confidence of winning the election
15:15 – There is low turnout of voters at Gaza O Primary School polling station in Ward 2 of Chipinge. The ward has 1467 registered voters
15:50 – In the afternoon, people were still voting at Tent CA polling station in Gimboki South under Dangamvura-Chikanga constituency
16:37 – Statistics compiled at 4pm at Maruma Primary School in Makoni North indicate that 140 people had voted. Of these, 74 are men and 66 are women. The ward has 230 registered voters, meaning 90 people had not yet voted, and will have up to 7pm to do so. Voting is taking place in a very peaceful environment
16:51 – Of the total number of registered voters (230), 120 are men and 110 are women
17:39 – Voter turnout has been generally low at many polling stations and the voting process went on smoothly
18:23 – In Chikanga, voting is still going on with small queues at the polling stations
19:18 The voting ended at 7pm, with collating and counting now going on at the polling stations
19:41 We have come to the end of updates of our live blog on today’s by-elections.
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