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Presidential elections was held in Zimbabwe on 16 and 17 March 1996. The elections were contested by the incumbent President Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Rhodesia-era Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa and ZANU-Ndonga leader Ndabaningi Sithole. Mugabe won claiming over 90% of the vote though turnout was just 32.3% largely as a result of Sithole and Muzorewa withdrawing their candidacies shortly before the election (though their names remained on the ballot).
