The primary reruns are needed because either the boundary
changes for wards laid down in the recent delimitation were now followed, or
the top two party members seeking the nomination for councillor polled the same
number of votes.
Voting is expected to start at 7am and end at 3pm with
voting counting expected to be completed by 6pm.
The reruns will complete the party’s selection of
candidates for the harmonised elections due in the next few months, after it
concluded the primaries for parliamentary representatives and most wards
recently.
In an interview yesterday Cde Bimha said all was set for
the local authority primary election reruns.
“All the logistics are now in place. We should expect the
reruns to be conducted smoothly. We have deployed 248 polling officers to
monitor the elections,” he said.
The reruns were largely as a result of confusion arising
from delimitation and the new boundaries. Some wards were affected by change of
boundaries during the delimitation exercise and no candidates were fielded
In some cases, there was no absolute winner due to equal
numbers of votes received by candidates.
In other cases, uncontested winners had pending court cases
and the candidates had withdrawn.
In Harare Metropolitan, reruns will take place in
Chitungwiza’s Ward 2 in Zengeza and Ward 28 in Glen Norah of Harare after the
contesting candidates pulled same number of votes.
In Mashonaland Central, Ward 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Mazowe
North were affected by delimitation, and reruns are needed in Ward 24 in
Mazowe, and Ward 24 in Mount Darwin and Ward 10 in Bindura.
In Mashonaland East, reruns will be held in Ward 14 of
Murewa, Ward 7 of Mutoko, ward 24 of Seke and Ward 19 of Goromonzi.
In Mashonaland West, reruns will be in Ward 3 Chakari, Ward
6 Mhondoro Ngezi and Ward 4 Kadoma Central.
Two wards were affected in Matabeleland South province,
Ward 8 and 10 in Bulilima. The winners have pending court cases and they
voluntarily withdrawn from the race.
In Matabeleland North, reruns will be held in Hwange Ward 2
and 4, and Victoria Falls wards 2, 5, 7 and 8.
Re-runs will also be held in ward 13, Umguza. Meanwhile,
there are no cases of local authority reruns in Masvingo, Bulawayo
Metropolitan, Midlands and Manicaland provinces
The ruling party has announced the final list of the
candidates for Parliament after endorsement by the Politburo.
The provinces will administer the reruns primary elections
for the local authorities and they will submit the results to the National
Command Centre. Herald
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