Beverly Bizeki
Masvingo province recorded a total of 2 900 new voter registrants according to statistics released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial office.
ZEC Deputy Elections Officer Maxwell Ncube confirmed the statistics and said the number of new voter registrants has increased with about 26,3%.
“The trend from June shows that that there has been an increase in statistics and this is probably because we are drawing closer to elections,” said Ncube.
Of the new registered voters 1 351 are women while 1 549 are men.
The office also recorded a total of 643 transfers of which 315 are women while 328 are men.
In July, 2 296 people registered to vote with 1 089 women and 1 207 men.
The trend on the statistics from July and August shows that more men are participating in the registration process compared to women.
The constituency delimitation process is yet to start though ZEC said preparations for the process are at an advanced stage with population and household census results having been finalized as they would play a key part in the process.
