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Emmerson Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe presidential election
Updated On: 03 August, 2018 03:53 PM IST | Harare | IANS
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced that Mnangagwa, 75, received 2,460,463 votes, representing 50.8 per cent of the total votes
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Zimbabwe's incumbent leader Emmerson Mnangagwa narrowly won the nation's presidential election on Friday as the ruling party garnered a two-thirds majority in parliament in the first vote since the fall of long-time ruler Robert Mugabe.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced that Mnangagwa, 75, received 2,460,463 votes, representing 50.8 per cent of the total votes, reports Xinhua news agency. His biggest rival, Nelson Chamisa from opposition MDC Alliance, received 44.3 per cent of the vote. The other 21 presidential candidates shared the remaining votes.
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