Cde Ezra Chadzamira has retained the Masvingo provincial Zanu-PF chairmanship after he beat his rival Retired Colonel Mutero Masanganise with 29 543 votes against a paltry 1 080 votes in a one sided election re-run held on Saturday.

The first polls held in February were inconclusive after only 64 percent of the voting centres were accessed due to the incessant rains.

During the abandoned poll Cde Chadzamira was leading with 12 393 while Rtd Col Masanganise had 4 888.

Cde Chadzamira who was suspended as chairman early last year but the suspension was lifted by the Politburo last December, won convincingly in all 408 polling stations.