By Own Correspondent| A woman from Bulilima in Matabeleland collapsed and died at a polling station, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said.

Addressing journalists at the Command centre in Harare this evening, ZEC Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba said the commission was saddened by the death of the woman although she did not detail much about the unfortunate incident.

“The commission is saddened on an unfortunate incident in Bulilima where a female voter collapsed and died at a polling station. Our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.”

Justice Chigumba revealed that in most parts of the country, voting went on very well and there was generally a high voter turnout at most polling stations.

“At about 6pm the commission had received voter turnout statistics from 4 out of the 10 provinces countrywide namely Masvingo, Midlands, Harare and Bulawayo.

In Masvingo at 6 pm voter turnout was at 60,62 percent with less than 1 percent prospective voters being turned away for reasons such as failing to provide valid identity document cards, defaced identity cards and not appearing on the voters roll.

In Bulawayo, voting went on very well with voter turnout being 70 percent and slightly above 1 percent of prospective voters being turned away for not being on the voters roll, bringing expired passports or drivers licences and birth certificates which are not acceptable for voting.

In Midlands voter turnout was 75 percent while those turned away constituted about 1 percent for the same reasons as mentioned before. In Harare, polling stations recorded 70 percent turnout.

Most polling stations managed to close at 7 pm except for those polling stations where people were queing at the time of closing and prospective voters had to be allowed to vote.”