Mutare West 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, located in
Manicaland Province
Manicaland is a Provinces of Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census. Making it the third mo ...
. Its current MP since the
2023 general election is
Nyasha Marange of
ZANU–PF.
Electoral history
The candidate of the
ZANU–PF was declared the winner in the
March 2005 parliamentary election, despite irregularities. In the
March 2008 parliamentary election,
Movement for Democratic Change candidate
Shuah Mudiwa very narrowly won the seat, receiving 7,597 votes against 7,577 votes for
Chris Mushohwe, the Minister of Transport and Communications, according to official results. Mushowe despite losing the parliamentary seat was elevated to the level of provincial Governor. An independent candidate, Gideon Chamuka, received 536 votes.
"Zimbabwe election results 2008"
, newzimbabwe.com.
In the 2018 election, Teedzai Muchimwe of ZANU–PF was elected to represent the constituency.
See also
* List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
References
Mutare District
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe
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