During a surprise press conference on Sunday, former dictator Robert Mugabe backed his former rivals Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.
Mr Mugabe, who was forced out of power last November, vowed to support MDC’s Nelson Chamisa, 40, instead of his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party successor Emmerson Mnangagwa.
He said: “I hope the choice of voting tomorrow will throw, thrust away the military government and bring us back to constitutionality.
“I said I can’t vote for those who have caused me to be in this situation … so there is Chamisa left.”
Mr Mugabe added he would congratulate whichever party wins.
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Who will win Zimbabwe election?
Mr Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF party is predicted to scrape a win, according to the latest polls, although these are not wholly reliable.
The winning candidate must secure more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a run-off in September.
But the return of Mr Mugabe to the spotlight has undoubtedly given a last-minute boost to MDC.
Lawyer and pastor Mr Chaimsa, who is running as the country’s youngest ever presidential candidate, has been in charge of the party since February 2017.
He took over from long-term leader Morgan Tsvangirai, a fierce and vocal critic of Robert Mugabe’s, who died in the same month aged 65 from colon cancer.
Mr Charisma has accused the incumbent party of dirty tactics as well as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission of bias towards ZANU-PF.
How many parties are running?
A total of 23 candidates across 55 parties are running for the Zimbabwean presidency on Monday.
The results have been opened up to observers from the United States, European Union, the Commonwealth and foreign media for the first time.
Opposition parties have also been allowed freedom for the first time, having been stifled under Mr Mugabe’s rule for several years.
Parliamentary and local elections will run alongside votes for the presidency.
Economic issues have dominated the agenda after the country spent two decades of financial decline.
Zimbabwe years suffered hyper-inflation and crippling unemployment under Mr Mugabe’s rule.