Counting begins in Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe election Counting is underway in Zimbabwe's first election since Robert Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power as observers warn of possible shortcomings in Monday's landmark poll. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe's former right-hand man in the ruling ZANU-PF party, faced off against opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) in the historic vote. IMAGES