Harare East
Constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe
Harare East | |
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Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe | |
Province | Harare |
Region | Harare |
Current constituency | |
Seats | 1 |
Party | Citizens Coalition for Change |
Member(s) | Rusty Markham |
Harare East is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Located in Harare, it is currently represented since the 2023 election by Rusty Markham of the Citizens Coalition for Change.
The constituency was previously represented since the 2000 election by Tendai Biti. Biti was recalled on 17 March 2021 amid factional disputes within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.[1] He was reelected to Parliament as a member of the newly-formed CCC in a by-election held 26 March 2022.[2]
Members
Election | Member | Party | |
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1990 | Margaret Dongo | ZANU–PF | |
1995 | Tirivanhu Mudariki | ZANU–PF | |
2000 | Tendai Biti | MDC | |
2005 | |||
2008 | MDC–T | ||
2013 | |||
2018 | MDC Alliance | ||
2022 by-election | CCC | ||
2023 | Rusty Markham | CCC |
Elections
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
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Tendai Biti | CCC | 7,534 | 69.79 | New | |
Mavis Gumbo | ZANU–PF | 3,045 | 28.20 | +1.74 | |
Christopher Mbanga | MDC Alliance | 114 | 1.06 | -62.38 | |
Garikai Mlambo | United Zimbabwe Alliance | 100 | 0.93 | New | |
Rukanda Henry Gwinyai | Labour, Economists and African Democrats | 3 | 0.03 | New | |
Total | 10,796 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 10,796 | 99.16 | +0.21 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 92 | 0.84 | -0.21 | ||
Total votes | 10,888 | 100.00 | – | ||
Majority | 4,489 | 41.58 | +4.61 | ||
CCC gain from MDC Alliance |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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MDC–T | Tendai Biti | 8,377 | 76.40 | 8.43 | |
ZANU–PF | Noah Mangondo | 2,587 | 23.60 | -8.43 | |
Majority | 5,790 | 52.81 | 16.87 | ||
Turnout | 10,964 | 36.39 | |||
MDC–T hold |
See also
References
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Elections to the House of Assembly
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