Gweru Urban is a

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

represented in the

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of the

Parliament of Zimbabwe The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the bicameral legislature of Zimbabwe composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house, and consists of 80 members, 60 of whom are elected by proportional representation from ten six-m ...

, located in

Gweru Gweru, originally known as Gwelo, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is on the centre of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a m ...

Midlands Province Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of 1,811,905 (2022). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho and Chewa, as well as ...

. Its current MP since the 2023 election is Josiah Makombe of the

Citizens Coalition for Change The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is a Zimbabwean political party. It was established by former members of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance. Background Nelson Chamisa formed Citizens Coalition for Change after losing the squa ...

Members

A constituency called Gwelo (the town's colonial name until 1982) was represented in the

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from 1914 until 1979. Note: In the 1990 and 1995 elections, the constituency was called Gweru Central.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gweru Urban Gweru Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe

Members

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