Mount Darwin West
| Mount Darwin West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe | |
| Province | Mashonaland Central |
| Region | Mount Darwin District |
| Current constituency | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Party | ZANU–PF |
| Member(s) | Witness Jonga |
Mount Darwin West is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Its current MP since the 2023 general election is Witness Jonga of ZANU–PF.
Members
[edit]| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Joice Mujuru | ZANU–PF | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2015 by-election | Bannwell Seremwe | ZANU–PF | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | Witness Jonga | ZANU–PF | |
Election results
[edit]In the 2008 parliamentary election, Vice-President Joyce Mujuru was the ZANU–PF candidate. She faced two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidates, Madzudzo Gora from the MDC–T, the formation supporting Morgan Tsvangirai, and Joseph Shanya from the MDC–M, the faction supporting Arthur Mutambara.
Both official results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and those announced by independent/opposition groups indicated that Mujuru won with a large majority.
The following results are the official results.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZANU–PF | Joyce Mujuru | 13270 | 83.20 | ||
| Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai | Gora Madzudzo | 1792 | 11.24 | ||
| MDC (Mutambara) | Shanya Joseph | 887 | 5.56 | ||
| Majority | 11478 | 71.96 | |||
| Turnout | 15949 | ||||
Bannwell Seremwe of ZANU–PF was elected MP for the constituency in a 2015 by-election, and was reelected in the 2018 general election.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chitumba, Patrick (29 March 2015). "Zanu-PF in landslide win". The Sunday News. Retrieved 31 December 2022.