sentences:  They were also the first ever elections in the country to be contested on a single roll, with no separate voting for whites and blacks.In the presidential contest, incumbent Robert Mugabe secured his first full term; he had become President following the 1987 constitutional amendments after serving as Prime Minister since the country gained internationally recognised independence in 1980.Mugabe's ZANU–PF party won 117 of the 120 elected seats in Parliament.