Results: 

Seats won in this election:

• Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front / (ZANU-PF):   34 
• Movement for Democratic Change Alliance:    25
• Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai:      1
• National Patriotic Front:    0
• Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU):    0
• Independents:    0

At stake in this election:

• 60 seats in the Senate

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Emmerson MNANGAGWA*
• Head of Government: President Emmerson MNANGAGWA**
• Assembly: Zimbabwe has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 80 seats and the National Assembly with 270 seats.

* Former President Robert MUGABE was forced to resign in November 2017.

** The office of Prime Minister was abolished in 2013.  

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Senate, 60 members are elected by proportional representation at the provincial level to serve 5-year terms, 16 members are elected by regional governing councils to serve 5-year terms, 2 members are reserved for the President and Deputy President of the National Council of Chiefs to serve 5-year terms and 2 members are filled to represent persons with disabilities to serve 5-year terms*. In the National Assembly, 210 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 60 members are women elected by proportional representation at the provincial level to serve 5-year terms.**

* In the Senate, 60 Senators are elected on the basis of party-list proportional representation based upon the provincial returns of votes for parties fielding candidates in the National Assembly elections. The party lists alternate gender, with every list being led by a female candidate. An additional 16 Senators are Chiefs elected by 8 non-metropolitan provincial assemblies. 2 Senators are elected to represent persons with disabilities, and the final 2 Senate seats are designated for the President and Deputy President of the National Council of Chiefs.

** In the National Assembly, 60 seats are reserved for women. In each of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces, 6 women are elected by proportional representation based on the provincial return of votes for parties fielding candidates in the National Assembly's constituency elections.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front / (ZANU-PF)
  • Leader: Emmerson MNANGAGWA
  • Seats won in last Senate election: 37
• Party: Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A)
  • Leader: Nelson CHAMIS
  • Seats won in last Senate election: 21 
• Party: Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)
  • Leader: Thokozani KHUPE
  • Seats won in last Senate election: 2 
• Party: National Patriotic Front
  • Leader: Ambrose MUTINHIRI
  • Seats won in last Senate election: N/A
• Party: Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)
  • Leader: Dumiso DABENGWA
  • Seats won in last Senate election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 14,546,961 (2016) 
• Registered Voters: 5,874,115 (2013)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 7245396 (2016)
• Is Zimbabwe a signatory to CEDAW: No
• Has Zimbabwe ratified CEDAW: Yes (13 May 1991)
• Gender Quota: Yes
• Female candidates in this election: 
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 63
• Human Development Index Position: 154 (2016)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

• Is Zimbabwe a signatory to CRPD: No
• Zimbabwe ratified CRPD: Yes (23 September 2013)
• Population with a disability: 397,226 (2012)