ZANU PF sweeps council by-elections in Bulawayo and Hwange

ZANU PF has won two local authority by-elections held on Saturday, 3 October, in Bulawayo Ward 1 and Ward 18 of Hwange Rural District Council, according to results declared by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).

In Bulawayo Ward 1, ZANU PF’s Mathias Tichaona Tsikira was declared duly elected with 1,590 votes. The independent candidate Shepherd Sithole came second with 112 votes, and the CCC’s Mduduzi Sibanda received 74.

As is common in by-elections, turnout was low, at just 12.4 per cent. Fifteen ballot papers were rejected.

In Hwange Rural District Council Ward 18, ZANU PF’s Nkosilathi Mkandla won with 326 votes, ahead of two independent candidates: Thadeos Kafunga with 194 votes and Raymond Ndlovu with 103.

Turnout there was 42.2 per cent, well above Bulawayo’s, and 13 ballot papers were rejected.

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