Mutasa South is a
constituency
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represented in the
National Assembly
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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 a
2022 by-election is
Misheck Mugadza of
ZANU–PF. The seat was previous represented by
Regai Tsunga of the
Movement for Democratic Change Alliance until he was recalled in 2021.
History
Mutasa South is a constituency of
Zimbabwe
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in the province of
Manicaland.
[Mutasa South Constituency Profile](_blank)
It is also the central area of the
Manyika tribe
The Manyika people are a Shona sub-group that originated from the Manyika Dynasty. Manyika people speak several dialects which include ChiManyika (Northern Manyika), ChiBocha (Southern Manyika), ChiUngwe, ChiHera, Chijindwi and the Urban dial ...
.
In 2008, the
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
The Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left political party and was the main opposition party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ahead of the 2018 elections. After the split of the origin ...
candidate
Misheck Kagurabadza won against the ZANU-PF candidate.
In the 2018 election, the constituency was won by
Regai Tsunga of the
Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.
Tsunga was recalled from parliament on 17 March 2021 amid factional disputes within the MDC Alliance.
In a
26 March 2022 by-election,
Misheck Mugadza of
ZANU–PF was elected to the seat.
Members
Election results
See also
*
List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
References
Manicaland Province
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe
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