Zimbabwean independence elections (1980)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Zimbabwean_independence_elections_(1980)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:date February 14–29, 1980
gptkbp:followedBy independence of Zimbabwe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zimbabwean independence elections (1980)
gptkbp:leaderOfWinningParty gptkb:Robert_Mugabe
gptkbp:location Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
Commonwealth observers
gptkbp:party gptkb:Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_–_Patriotic_Front
gptkb:Zimbabwe_African_People's_Union
gptkb:Rhodesian_Front
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Lancaster_House_Agreement
gptkbp:purpose to elect members of the House of Assembly
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Lancaster_House_Agreement
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Robert_Mugabe
gptkb:Ian_Smith
gptkb:Joshua_Nkomo
gptkbp:resultedIn independence of Zimbabwe
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 100
gptkbp:seatsWonByRhodesianFront 20
gptkbp:seatsWonByZANU-PF 57
gptkbp:seatsWonByZAPU 20
gptkbp:significance end of white-minority rule in Rhodesia
first democratic election in Zimbabwe
gptkbp:type gptkb:politics
gptkbp:voterTurnout over 90%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_–_Patriotic_Front
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:negotiations_at_Lancaster_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7