Mnangagwa, 80, won a second term with 52.6 percent of the ballots against 44 percent for his main challenger, Chamisa, 45, according to official results announced late Saturday by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission .
Zimbabweans voted on Wednesday and Thursday for a president and new parliament, in polling marred by delays that sparked opposition accusations of rigging and voter suppression. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern on Sunday about"the arrest of observers, reports of voter intimidation, threats of violence, harassment and coercion".
That did not stop Mnangagwa from thanking"various election observation missions who have been witnessing our electoral processes without bias"."As a sovereign state, we continue to call on all our guests to respect our national institutions," he said. By securing more than half the votes cast, the president avoided a run-off. Voter turnout was 69 percent, the commission said.Nicknamed"The Crocodile", Mnangagwa first came to power after a coup that deposed the late ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017.
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