Elections statics from 31 May - 9 June 2018
Summary of stats ● Political Parties covered in the media : 31 ● Political players covered 1. Print media : 220 2. Electronic media 95 ● 5% of the political Players covered were women compared to 95% men ● 4 instances of Hate speech where recorded.
Time and space dedicated to political parties in the media
PARTY PRIVATE PUBLIC PRESS ZBC COMMERCIAL PRESS RADIO
ZANUPF 16166 30189 21559 3374
MDC-T (NC) 6964 5000 1262 108
MDC-T 4501 4562 2648 4541 ALLIANCE
NPF 2286 574 377 266
DOP 786
INDEPENDENT 565 278 179
MDC-T (TK) 511 193 737 1
ZAPU 396 129
MRP 270
NCA 158 98 578
MDC-N 65 10
NPP 53 131 22
APA 24 5
ZPF 12
DAWN 9
ZPP 3
PDP 2 202
FLOANP 0 209 557
ZDP 0 480
TZ 0 83
ID 0 91
MOPCD 0 20
TRUE 0 20 DEMOCRACY
ZANU 0 20 NDONGA
PRC 0 17 1
VOP 0 10
BCP 0 0 1239
MRCD 0 0 258
UANC 0 0 372
ZIPP 0 0 69
POVO 0 0 0 138
WOYE 292
Top 10 political actors in the press
Actor Political Party Total Space in cm2
Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANU PF 19476
Nelson Chamisa MDC-T Alliance 7367
Kembo Mohadi ZANUPF 1903
Constantino Chiwenga ZANUPF 1733
Robert Mugabe ZANUPF 1612
George Charamba ZANUPF 949
Auxilia Mnangagwa ZANUPF 859
Simon Khaya Moyo ZANUPF 838
Douglas Mwonzora MDC-T Alliance 779
Tendai Biti MDC-T Alliance 737
Top 10 political actors in the national broadcast media
Actor Political Party Total time in seconds
Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANUPF 10657
Tendai Biti MDC-T Alliance 3256
Douglas Mwonzora MDC-T Alliance 2436
Danny Musukuma ZANUPF 1953
Joram Gumbo ZANUPF 1625
Lovemore Madhuku NCA 1315
Willard Mugadza ZANUPF 1194
Tendai Chirawu ZANUPF 977
Kembo Mohadi ZANUPF 836
Lovemore Chinoputsa MDC-T Alliance 792
Nelson Chamisa MDC-T Alliance 727
Top political actors in the local commercial radio stations
Political Actor Party Total Time
Gilbert Dzikiti PRC 2940
Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANUPF 2192
Godfrey Sithole MDC-T ALLIANCE 1492
Nelson Chamisa MDC-T ALLIANCE 653
Lovemore Chinoputsa MDC-T (NC) 485
Dexter Nduna ZANUPF 306
Takanai Mureyi MDC-T ALLIANCE 134
Constantino Chiwenga ZANUPF 126
James Gumbi MDC-T ALLIANCE 110
Paul Mavhima ZANUPF 77
Cain Mathema ZANUPF 64
Jealous Mawarire NPF 62
Sentiment per political party in Print Media
PARTY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED PRESS PRIVATE PRESS
NEGATIVE NEUTRAL POSITIVE NEGATIVE NEUTRAL POSITIVE
APA 0 5 0 0 24 2
FLOANP 0 91 0 0 0 0
INDEPENDE 174 104 0 95 448 22 NT
MDC-T 3388 1174 0 845 2200 1456 ALLIANCE
MDC-T (NC) 3054 1931 15 454 5818 692
MDC-T (TK) 16 177 0 0 280 231
MOPCD 0 20 0 0 0 0
NCA 0 98 0 0 158 0
NPF 88 486 0 837 1279 170
NPP 66 77 0 23 30 0
PDP 0 102 100 4 0 0
PRC 0 10 7 0 0 0
TRUE 0 20 2 0 0 0
DEMOCRAC Y
TZ 0 83 0 0 0 0
VOP 0 10 0 0 0 0
ZANU 0 20 0 0 0 0 NDONGA
ZANU PF 586 19058 10545 5419 8905 1842
ZDP 0 10 0 0 0 0
DAWN 0 0 0 0 9 0
DOP 0 0 0 0 314 472
MDC-N 0 0 0 0 66 0
MRP 0 0 0 152 118 0
ZAPU 0 0 0 119 277 0
ZPF 0 0 0 0 12 0
ZPP 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sentiment per political party in Electronic Media
PARTY ZBC (TELEVISION AND RADIO) COMMERCIAL RADIO
NEGATIVE NEUTRAL POSITIVE NEGATIVE NEUTRAL POSITIVE
BCP 0 0 1239 0 0 0
INDEPENDE 0 179 0 0 0 0 NT
MDC-T 1823 822 3 1373 3168 0 ALLIANCE
MDC-T (NC) 0 1262 0 16 92 0
MRCD 0 258 0 0 0 0
NCA 0 737 0 578 0 0
NPF 124 252 1 153 113 0
NPP 0 22 0 0 0 0
UANC 28 344 0 0 0 0
ZANU PF 16 15902 5641 207 2049 1118
ZAPU 0 129 0 0 0 0
ZIPP 0 69 0 0 0 0
FLOANP 0 0 0 557 0 0
MDC-N 0 0 0 10 0 0
MDC-T (TK) 0 0 0 1 0 0
POVO 0 0 0 0 0 138
PRC 0 0 0 0 1 0
WOYE 0 0 0 292 0 0