Mugabe 'bullies way to poll win' [View All]

Andrew Meldrum in Pretoria
Wednesday March 31, 2004
The Guardian

President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party was accused yesterday of using violence to win a parliamentary byelection in which one opposition supporter was shot dead and 50 more taken to hospital.
Mr Mugabe's party lost the Zengeza seat in Harare in the June 2000 parliamentary elections. It had been considered a stronghold of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

Mr Mugabe's party bussed in violent youth militia who set up camps in the constituency and threatened voters during the campaign and the voting.

The ZANU-PF candidate, Christopher Chigumba, won 8,447 votes, compared with 6,706 for James Makore of the MDC, according to results announced by the state-run election commission.

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