Masvingo Central 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
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
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
Masvingo District
Masvingo, originally Victoria, encampases metropolitan Masvingo, in Masvingo Province in southern Zimbabwe. The district boasts of the Great Zimbabwe National Monument among its list of tourist attractions. Lake Kyle is also nearby. The people in ...
in
Masvingo Province
Masvingo, previously named Victoria, is a province in southeastern Zimbabwe. It has a population of 1.638 million as of the 2022 census, ranking fifth out of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Established by the British South Africa Company, it was one o ...
. Its current MP since the
2023 election is
Eddison Mudiwa Zvobgo of
ZANU–PF
The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party was led for many years by Robert Mugabe, first as prime minister wi ...
. Previously, the constituency was represented
Edmond Mhere Edmond may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Edmond'' (play), a 1982 play by David Mamet
** ''Edmond'' (film), a 2005 film based on the 1982 play
* '' E.d.M.O.N.D'', a 2013 EP by Edmond Leung
* ''Edmond'', a 2016 play by Alexis Michalik
** ''E ...
of ZANU–PF following the
2018 election.
Members
See also
*
List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
The following is a list of parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe, broken down by province.
The National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, consists of 270 members. Of these, 210 are elected in single-member constituencie ...
References
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Constituencies disestablished in 2013
Constituencies established in 1990
Constituencies established in 2018
Masvingo District
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe