Mount Darwin West
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceMashonaland Central
RegionMount Darwin District
Current constituency
Number of members1
PartyZANU–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

Election Name Party
2008 Joice Mujuru ZANU–PF
2013
2015 by-election Bannwell Seremwe ZANU–PF
2018
2023 Witness Jonga ZANU–PF

Election results

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.

General Election 2008: Mount Darwin West
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

References

  1. ↑ Chitumba, Patrick (29 March 2015). "Zanu-PF in landslide win". The Sunday News. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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