As the Constitutional Council considers the results of the 28 October general elections, and the appeal against them by the former rebel movement Renamo, one of the issues it will have to consider is the curious case of polling stations that declared a turnout of 95 per cent, 100 percent or more.
The national turnout was poor, at 44 per cent of the registered electorate. But there were districts that declared a turnout that was over twice as large. Changara, in the western province of Tete, claimed 95 per cent, and Chicualacuala, in Gaza province in the south, claimed 96 per cent.
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