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Over 3 million vote in draft constitution referendum
19 Mar 2013 at 05:16hrs | Views
Government aligned Herald says information filtering through from its news crews, bureau and correspondents deployed at various stations countrywide indicates overwhelming endorsement of the draft constitution.
Contrary to claims of wide-spread voter apathy from civil society organisations and some sections of the media, information reaching us shows that over 3 million votes were cast countrywide almost thrice the 1 282 302 votes cast in a similar constitutional referendum in the year 2000.
Approximate totals per province are: Manicaland 418 000; Mash Central 342 000, Mash East 397 000; Mash West 342 000; Masvingo 304 000, Midlands 394 000, Harare 515 000; Bulawayo 131 000, Mat North 178 000, and Mat South 143 000.
If officially confirmed, the voting total far outstrips the 2 696 670 votes cast in the general election of 2005; the 2 421 973 votes that were cast in the March 29 2008 harmonised elections and the 2 514 750 votes cast in the presidential election runoff of June 27 that year.
Contrary to claims of wide-spread voter apathy from civil society organisations and some sections of the media, information reaching us shows that over 3 million votes were cast countrywide almost thrice the 1 282 302 votes cast in a similar constitutional referendum in the year 2000.
If officially confirmed, the voting total far outstrips the 2 696 670 votes cast in the general election of 2005; the 2 421 973 votes that were cast in the March 29 2008 harmonised elections and the 2 514 750 votes cast in the presidential election runoff of June 27 that year.
Source - TH
