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Council runoffs on Wednesday
10 Sep 2013 at 17:28hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will conduct local authority run off elections this Wednesday in three wards after the 31st July harmonised elections failed to produce winners.
The council run off elections will be held in Kadoma Ward 4, Kusile Ward 5 and Mutasa Ward 30.
ZEC chief elections officer Lovemore Sekeramayi confirmed that six local authority candidates who garnered the same number of votes are set to go for the run-off.
He said all logistics are in place adding that voting will commence at 7am and close at 7pm.
Godfrey Mavura (Zanu PF) and Fastmore Mandipota (MDC-T) will face off in Kadoma Ward 4 after they both garnered 545 votes in the July 31 elections.
In Kusile Ward 5, Ubunene Ncube of the MDC-T and Zanu PF's Soneni Tshuma, who both polled 419 votes, will contest in the run off.
William Ketero of Zanu PF and Elias Kembo of the MDC-T who got 692 votes each will face off in Mutasa Ward 30.
The council by elections will be conducted under the same election conditions with a presiding officer and election agents from the contesting parties expected to be present.
The council run off elections will be held in Kadoma Ward 4, Kusile Ward 5 and Mutasa Ward 30.
ZEC chief elections officer Lovemore Sekeramayi confirmed that six local authority candidates who garnered the same number of votes are set to go for the run-off.
He said all logistics are in place adding that voting will commence at 7am and close at 7pm.
In Kusile Ward 5, Ubunene Ncube of the MDC-T and Zanu PF's Soneni Tshuma, who both polled 419 votes, will contest in the run off.
William Ketero of Zanu PF and Elias Kembo of the MDC-T who got 692 votes each will face off in Mutasa Ward 30.
The council by elections will be conducted under the same election conditions with a presiding officer and election agents from the contesting parties expected to be present.
Source - zbc
