The 2018 Zimbabwean general election was held in Zimbabwe on 30 July 2018 for the presidency and to set the membership of the 9th Parliament, consisting of the Senate and National Assembly.

Presidential election The results of the Presidential election were announced on 2 August 2018 – 3 days after the election – by the Honourable Mrs Justice Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba, spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The following day, Nelson Chamisa, leader of the MDC Alliance called the results "fake", stating that they would not accept "this fiction" and that the party would "pursue all means necessary – legal and constitutional – to make sure that [they] protect the people's vote".

In the days that followed, there were protests by members of the MDC Alliance. The army opened fire on demonstrators and bystanders killing six people. Many opposition supporters were arrested, according to opposition leaders and human rights groups.

On 10 August, it was announced that Mnangagwa's inauguration, which had been scheduled for 12 August, would be delayed after Chamisa petitioned to challenge the election results in the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe, with a ruling due by the end of the month.

ZEC published ten Excel spreadsheets on their website, breaking down the presidential results by constituency with the results broken down by polling station - 10,985 polling stations in total. By 17 August, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) had analysed these constituency results and identified that 365 pieces of information were missing. The ZESN also identified duplicate polling stations as well as 12 polling stations that had duplicate results with nearby polling stations. Additionally, there were 10 polling stations that had a turnout of 100% or more, the most notable being Chiredzi Town Council Ward 7, which reported a turnout of 182.7%. However, in spite of the many errors identified by the ZESN, they concluded that, "The files are not without errors. But these are relatively few in number to systematically benefit any candidate."

On 24 August the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe handed down the judgment in Chamisa's challenge of the results. The judgment of the court also acknowledged that there had been errors in the figures supplied by ZEC both before and after the election. One such error pertained to the number of registered voters, which had been declared before the election to be 5,695,706 but which was in fact 5,695,936 due to 230 voters who had been registered during a BVR registration exercise in Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province, prior to the cut-off date for the registration of voters. The Court ultimately declared that The correction of the mathematical errors in the number of the votes announced as having been received by the first respondent by the Commission had no effect at all on the result of the Presidential election and the declaration of the first respondent [Mnangagwa] to be duly elected as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.

Emmerson Mnangwa was duly sworn in as President of Zimbabwe on 26 August at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.

By 31 August, ZEC had amended the ten spreadsheets that broke down the presidential election results by polling station, correcting many of the errors that the ZESN had identified, although the final totals in summary at the bottom of each sheet still contained some tabulation errors, where certain cells had been left out of the final totals.

Summary of results

Candidate Party Announced by ZEC on 2 August 2023 ZESN analysis of constituency results at 17 August 2018 Amended ZEC constituency results at 31 August 2018 Difference between final tabulation and declared results Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANU-PF 2,460,463 51.52 2,455,559 51.43 2,461,745 51.50 1,282 0.05 Nelson Chamisa MDC Alliance 2,147,436 44.97 2,151,620 45.06 2,150,343 44.99 2,907 0.14 Thokozani Khupe MDC–T 45,573 0.95 45,607 0.96 45,582 0.95 9 0.02 Joseph Makamba Busha FreeZim Congress 17,556 0.37 17,536 0.37 17,551 0.37 -5 -0.03 Nkosana Moyo Alliance for People's Agenda 15,223 0.32 15,233 0.32 15,235 0.32 12 0.08 Evaristo Chikanga Rebuild Zimbabwe 13,141 0.28 13,152 0.28 13,140 0.27 -1 -0.01 Joice Mujuru People's Rainbow Coalition 12,878 0.27 12,830 0.27 12,885 0.27 7 0.05 Hlabangana Kwanele Republican Party of Zimbabwe 9,449 0.20 9,453 0.20 9,457 0.20 8 0.08 Blessing Kasiyamhuru Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity 7,022 0.15 7,030 0.15 7,014 0.15 -8 -0.11 William Mugadza Bethel Christian Party 5,890 0.12 5,900 0.12 5,894 0.12 4 0.07 Divine Mhambi National Alliance of Patriotic and Democratic Republicans 4,980 0.10 4,974 0.10 4,980 0.10 0 0.00 Peter Wilson Democratic Opposition Party 4,898 0.10 4,900 0.10 4,899 0.10 1 0.02 Peter Munyanduri New Patriotic Front 4,529 0.09 4,534 0.09 4,533 0.09 4 0.09 Ambrose Mutinhiri National Patriotic Front 4,107 0.09 4,102 0.09 4,107 0.09 0 0.00 Daniel Shumba United Democratic Alliance 3,907 0.08 3,906 0.08 3,907 0.08 0 0.00 Peter Gava United Democratic Front 2,867 0.06 2,863 0.06 2,867 0.06 0 0.00 Brian Mteki Independent 2,747 0.06 2,748 0.06 2,749 0.06 2 0.07 Lovemore Madhuku National Constitutional Assembly 2,738 0.06 2,702 0.06 2,699 0.06 -39 -1.42 Noah Ngoni Manyika Build Zimbabwe Alliance 2,678 0.06 2,682 0.06 2,683 0.06 5 0.19 Elton Mangoma Coalition of Democrats 2,437 0.05 2,434 0.05 2,436 0.05 -1 -0.04 Melbah Dzapasi #1980 Freedom Movement Zimbabwe 1,899 0.04 1,891 0.04 1,893 0.04 -6 -0.32 Violet Mariyacha United Democracy Movement 1,673 0.04 1,674 0.04 1,674 0.04 1 0.06 Timothy Chiguvare People's Progressive Party Zimbabwe 1,549 0.03 1,547 0.03 1,549 0.03 0 0.00 Total 4,775,640 100.00 4,774,877 100.00 4,779,822 100.00 4,182 0.09 Valid votes 4,775,640 98.51 4,774,877 98.51 4,779,822 98.51 4,182 0.09 Invalid/blank votes 72,358 1.49 72,288 1.49 72,406 1.49 48 0.07 Total votes 4,847,998 100.00 4,847,165 100.00 4,852,228 100.00 4,230 0.09 Registered voters/turnout 5,695,706 85.12 5,695,706 85.10 5,695,936 85.19 230 0.00

Results by province Results by province Province Joseph Makamba Busha Nelson Chamisa Everisto Washington Chikanga Melbah Dzapasi Peter Mapfumo Gava Kwanele Hlabangana Blessing Kasiyamhuru Thokozani Khupe Lovemore Madhuku Elton Steers Mangoma Noah Ngoni Manyika Chiguvare Tonderayi Johannes Timothy Mapfumo Violet Mariyacha Divine Mhambi-Hove Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Donald Nkosana Moyo Bryn Taurai Mteki Willard Tawonezvi Mugadza Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru Tenda Peter Munyanduri Ambrose Mutinhiri Kuzozvirava Doniel Shumba Peter Harry Wilson Total Votes Rejected rowspan="4" Total Votes Cast Total Valid Votes Cast Voter Population Voter Turnout % FreeZim Congress MDC Alliance Rebuild Zimbabwe #1980 Freedom Movement Zimbabwe United Democratic Front Republican Party of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity MDC-Tsvangirai National Constitutional Assembly Coalition of Democrats Build Zimbabwe Alliance People's Progressive Party Zimbabwe United Democracy Movement National Alliance of Patriotic and Democratic Republicans ZANU-PF Alliance for the People's Agenda Independent Bethel Christian Party People's Rainbow Coalition New Patriotic Front National Patriotic Front United Democratic Alliance Democratic Opposition Party Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Bulawayo 497 0.23 144,107 66.90 364 0.17 94 0.04 78 0.04 442 0.21 320 0.15 5,753 2.67 81 0.04 60 0.03 104 0.05 45 0.02 65 0.03 57 0.03 60,168 27.93 1,350 0.63 68 0.03 231 0.11 1,050 0.49 133 0.06 91 0.04 118 0.05 129 0.06 1,901 0.87 24 217,330 215,405 258,567 84.05 Harare 1,008 0.13 548,895 71.66 831 0.11 148 0.02 150 0.02 347 0.05 647 0.08 3,021 0.39 302 0.04 211 0.03 611 0.08 97 0.01 88 0.01 92 0.01 204,719 26.73 1,577 0.21 156 0.02 574 0.07 1,689 0.22 221 0.03 208 0.03 221 0.03 170 0.02 5,816 0.75 13 771,812 765,983 900,728 85.69 Manicaland 2,759 0.45 296,429 48.48 1,835 0.30 241 0.04 391 0.06 1,223 0.20 1,027 0.17 4,793 0.78 548 0.09 435 0.07 237 0.04 219 0.04 247 0.04 627 0.10 292,938 47.91 2,508 0.41 477 0.08 838 0.14 1,279 0.21 594 0.10 533 0.09 575 0.09 659 0.11 10,221 1.64 8 621,641 611,412 733,370 85.69 Mashonaland Central 1,480 0.31 97,097 20.36 872 0.18 151 0.03 232 0.05 861 0.18 383 0.08 1,557 0.33 150 0.03 187 0.04 139 0.03 120 0.03 110 0.02 1,047 0.22 366,785 76.92 907 0.19 247 0.05 421 0.09 2,616 0.55 413 0.09 373 0.08 254 0.05 447 0.09 6,574 1.36 47 483,470 476,849 531,984 90.88 Mashonaland East 1,681 0.31 189,024 35.30 949 0.18 194 0.04 204 0.04 734 0.14 590 0.11 2,296 0.43 218 0.04 204 0.04 186 0.03 112 0.02 105 0.02 302 0.06 334,617 62.49 1,166 0.22 177 0.03 451 0.08 972 0.18 330 0.06 308 0.06 274 0.05 366 0.07 6,794 1.25 2 542,256 535,460 633,410 85.61 Mashonaland West 2,233 0.41 217,732 39.78 1,435 0.26 202 0.04 336 0.06 1,080 0.20 915 0.17 3,000 0.55 259 0.05 267 0.05 263 0.05 215 0.04 201 0.04 581 0.11 312,958 57.18 1,540 0.28 324 0.06 660 0.12 1,152 0.21 544 0.10 455 0.08 426 0.08 572 0.10 8,652 1.56 11 556,013 547,350 655,363 84.84 Masvingo Province 2,508 0.49 171,196 33.61 2,381 0.47 217 0.04 352 0.07 1,301 0.26 810 0.16 3,017 0.59 335 0.07 281 0.06 289 0.06 218 0.04 158 0.03 775 0.15 319,073 62.63 1,708 0.34 411 0.08 627 0.12 979 0.19 798 0.16 600 0.12 534 0.10 857 0.17 9,941 1.91 6 519,372 509,425 617,212 84.15 Matabeleland North 1,401 0.51 137,611 50.19 1,342 0.49 221 0.08 404 0.15 975 0.36 765 0.28 12,776 4.66 261 0.10 264 0.10 227 0.08 148 0.05 267 0.10 462 0.17 111,452 40.65 1,419 0.52 229 0.08 726 0.26 1,170 0.43 412 0.15 502 0.18 558 0.20 570 0.21 6,767 2.41 8 280,937 274,162 339,135 70.39 Matabeleland South 1,216 0.57 90,292 42.49 1,335 0.63 170 0.08 304 0.14 1,085 0.51 480 0.23 4,698 2.21 249 0.12 215 0.10 222 0.10 158 0.07 209 0.10 404 0.19 107,008 50.35 1,060 0.50 255 0.12 590 0.28 808 0.38 429 0.20 456 0.21 411 0.19 461 0.22 4,080 1.88 1 216,596 212,515 264,185 81.99 Midlands 2,768 0.44 257,960 40.86 1,796 0.28 255 0.04 416 0.07 1,409 0.22 1,077 0.17 4,671 0.74 296 0.05 312 0.05 405 0.06 217 0.03 224 0.04 633 0.10 352,027 55.77 2,000 0.32 405 0.06 776 0.12 1,170 0.19 659 0.10 581 0.09 536 0.08 668 0.11 11,660 1.81 12 642,933 631,261 761,982 84.38 National Total 17,551 0.37 2,150,343 44.99 13,140 0.27 1,893 0.04 2,867 0.06 9,457 0.20 7,014 0.15 45,582 0.95 2,699 0.06 2,436 0.05 2,683 0.06 1,549 0.03 1,674 0.04 4,980 0.10 2,461,745 51.50 15,235 0.32 2,749 0.06 5,894 0.12 12,885 0.27 4,533 0.09 4,107 0.09 3,907 0.08 4,899 0.10 72,406 1.49 132 4,852,360 4,779,822 5,695,936 85.19

Results by constituency