Mutare Central is a
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
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 repre ...
of the
Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in
Mutare
Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 ...
in
Manicaland Province
Manicaland is a province in eastern Zimbabwe. After Harare Province, it is the country's second-most populous province, with a population of 2.037 million, as of the 2022 census. After Harare and Bulawayo provinces, it is Zimbabwe's third-most de ...
. Its current MP since the
2023 general election is
Brian James of the
Citizens Coalition for Change, the former
mayor of Mutare. The constituency was previously represented between 2000 and 2023 by
Innocent Gonese.
Members
Electoral history
In the
2008 parliamentary election the seat was won by the
MDC candidate loyal to
Morgan Tsvangirai. The
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 under Robert Mugabe, first as prime ministe ...
candidate came second followed by the
MDC candidate loyal to
Arthur Mutambara.
Other candidates polled a total of 138 votes (1.34%)
See also
*
List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
{{Politics of Zimbabwe
The following is a list of parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe, as broken down by province.
The National Assembly consists of 270 members. Of these, 210 are elected in single-member constituencies of roughly equal si ...
References
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080401052750/http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/796
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080303001109/http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral159.17766.html
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Mutare
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe