Harare East
Harare East is a constituency of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Located in Harare, it has been 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 new Citizens Coalition for Change in a by-election held 26 March 2022.[2]
| Harare East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe | |
| Region | Harare |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Citizens Coalition for Change |
| Member(s) | Tendai Biti |
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Margaret Dongo | ZANU–PF | |
| 1995 | Tirivanhu Mudariki | ZANU–PF | |
| 2000 | Tendai Biti | MDC | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2008 | MDC–T | ||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | MDC Alliance | ||
| 2022 | CCC | ||
| 2023 | |||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
References
- "The legality of 6 PDP MPs recall". NewsDay. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Elections to the House of Assembly
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