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The spelling zugunsten has been an optional spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform) as of 2006.
Pronouns are often used with zu and Gunsten as separate words, with a possessive pronoun in the middle and governed by zu in the dative: zu seinen Gunsten(“in his favor”).
Further reading
“zugunsten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache