1985 – Voting for a one-party state
January 23, 2013![Zimbabweans wait in a queue to cast their votes](https://static.dw.com/image/16678544_800.webp)
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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) political party won the national elections with a mandate to create a one-party state.
Many members in Joshua Nkomo's opposition party, the Zimbabwe African People's Union-Patriotic Front (ZAPU-PF), were arrested or killed.