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Please discuss this issue on the talk page; if necessary, split the content into subarticles and keep this article in a summary style. ‹ 2002 Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 March 29 and June 27, 2008 Candidate Robert Mugabe Morgan Tsvangirai Simba Makoni Party ZANU-PF MDC Independent Popular vote 1,079,730 (1st round) 2,150,269 (2nd round) 1,195,562 (1st round) 233,000 (2nd round) 207,470 (1st round) Percentage 43.2% (1st round) 85.5% (2nd round) 47.9% (1st round) 9.3% (2nd round) 8.3% (1st round) Incumbent President Robert Mugabe ZANU-PFPresident-Elect Robert Mugabe ZANU-PF Zimbabwe This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Zimbabwe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- President Robert Mugabe Vice President Parliament Senate House of Assembly Constituencies List of Zimbabwean flags 2007 political crisis Political parties: ZANU-PF - MDC Elections:(Electoral Commission) Pres.: 2002 - 2008 (campaign) Parl.: 2005 - 2008 Provinces Districts Municipalities Human rights Foreign relations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other countries · Atlas Politics Portal view * talk * edit The Republic of Zimbabwe held a presidential election along with a parliamentary election on March 29, 2008.[1] The three major candidates were incumbent President Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), and Simba Makoni, an independent.[2] As no candidate received an outright majority in the first round, a second round was held on June 27, 2008 between Tsvangirai (with 47.9% of the first round vote) and Mugabe (43.2%). Tsvangirai withdrew from the second round a week before it was scheduled to take place, citing violence against his party
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