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Kwekwe Central

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Kwekwe Central
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceMidlands
RegionKwekwe
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyCitizens Coalition for Change
Member(s)Judith Tobaiwa

Kwekwe Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, centered on the city of Kwekwe in Midlands Province. It is currently represented by Judith Tobaiwa of the Citizens Coalition for Change, who was elected in a 26 March 2022 by-election.[1] The previous MP for Kwekwe Central, Masango Matambanadzo of the National Patriotic Front, died on 28 July 2020.[2]

Members

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An older constituency called Que Que (the town's colonial name until 1982) was represented in the Parliament of Rhodesia from 1928 until 1979.

Election Name Party
Que Que
1928 Arthur James Taylor Rhodesia Party
1933 Charles Leppington Reform
1934 United
1939
1946 George Davenport United
1948
1954
1958 Morris Hirsch United Federal
1962 Andrew Dunlop Rhodesian Front
1965
1970 Jacobus Burger Rhodesian Front
1974
1977
Constituency abolished 1979–1990
Kwekwe
1990 Emmerson Mnangagwa ZANU–PF
1995
2000 Blessing Chebundo MDC
2005
Kwekwe Central
2008 Blessing Chebundo MDC–T
2013 Masango Matambanadzo ZANU–PF
2018 NPF
2022 by-election Judith Tobaiwa CCC
2023

Election results

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2022 by-election: Kwekwe Central
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Judith TobaiwaCCC6,63967.52New
John MapuraziZANU–PF2,88329.32+7.02
Lenin Tafadzwa DzingireUnited Zimbabwe Alliance1651.68New
Mbekezeli NdlovuMDC Alliance1451.47-33.26
Total9,832100.00
Majority3,75632.2+29.96
CCC gain from National Patriotic Front

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.
  2. ^ Magoronga, Michael (28 July 2020). "Kwekwe Central legislator, Blackman dies". The Chronicle. Retrieved 22 December 2022.