Zimbabwean general election, 2005

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The Zimbabwean general election of 2005 was a national parliamentary and local government election marked by allegations of electoral irregularities and intense competition between the ruling ZANU–PF and the opposition, including the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai faction.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
additionalNonElectedParliamentarySeats 30 ⓘ
allegations electoral irregularities ⓘ
manipulation of voters’ roll ⓘ
media bias ⓘ
voter intimidation ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForNonElectedSeats President of Zimbabwe ⓘ
controversy questions over freeness and fairness of the poll ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
electedSeatsInHouseOfAssembly 120 ⓘ
electionType parliamentary ⓘ
electoralCommission Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ⓘ
elects members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
enabledConstitutionalAmendments yes ⓘ
endDate 2005-03-31 ⓘ
hasPart 2005 Zimbabwean local government elections ⓘ
2005 Zimbabwean parliamentary election ⓘ
internationalObservation African Union observers ⓘ
Commonwealth excluded from observing ⓘ
Southern African Development Community observers ⓘ
languageOfCampaigning English ⓘ
Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele

Shona ⓘ
leaderOfOppositionParty Morgan Tsvangirai ⓘ
leaderOfRulingParty Robert Mugabe ⓘ
legalFramework Electoral Act of Zimbabwe ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Zimbabwe ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Africa ⓘ
locatedInTime March 2005 ⓘ
mainOppositionParty Movement for Democratic Change ⓘ
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai ⓘ
mainRulingParty ZANU–PF ⓘ
Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front ⓘ
linked to: ZANU–PF
nextElection Zimbabwean general election, 2008 ⓘ
numberOfRounds 1 ⓘ
oppositionPartyPopularVotePercentage 39 ⓘ
oppositionPartySeatsWon 41 ⓘ
otherParties independent candidates ⓘ
otherPartiesSeatsWon 1 ⓘ
partOf Elections in Zimbabwe ⓘ
previousElection Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2000 ⓘ
resultingParliamentaryMajority ZANU–PF two-thirds majority ⓘ
rulingPartyPopularVotePercentage 59 ⓘ
rulingPartySeatsWon 78 ⓘ
startDate 2005-03-31 ⓘ
timePeriod 21st century ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 120 ⓘ
voterTurnoutDescription under 50 percent ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 47 ⓘ

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Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai → participatedIn → Zimbabwean general election, 2005 ⓘ
Zimbabwean general election, 2000 → nextElection → Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005 ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwean general election, 2005
Movement for Democratic Change → participatedIn → 2005 Zimbabwe parliamentary election ⓘ
subject linked to: MDC
linked to: Zimbabwean general election, 2005
Zimbabwean general election, 2008 → precededBy → Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005 ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwean general election, 2005
Zimbabwean general election, 2005 → hasPart → 2005 Zimbabwean parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwean general election, 2005