Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Each province was represented by one chief, except for the metropolitan provinces of Bulawayo and Harare.
- ↑ The MDC did not nominate a candidate for Speaker.
- ↑ After the 2005 parliamentary election and the start of the 6th Parliament, the Movement for Democratic Change split over the issue of whether to participate in the November 2005 Senate election. Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC–T faction, which opposed participating in the Senate election, comprised the biggest portion of the former MDC, while Welshman Ncube's smaller MDC–N faction was formed by members who had been expelled by Tsvangirai from the original MDC for standing as Senate candidates against his orders.
- ↑ The Chipinge South constituency was represented by Wilson Khumbula of ZANU–Ndonga.
- 1 2 The chiefs, while not officially affiliated with any party, were in practice supportive of ZANU–PF.
- ↑ The previous governor, Witness Mangwende, left office on 26 February 2005, prior to the opening of the 6th Parliament of Zimbabwe.
- ↑ The issue of whether to participate in the November 2005 Senate election caused the MDC to split into the MDC–T and MDC–N. The Budiriro by-election was the first contest between the rival factions, and saw the MDC–T win easily.
- ↑ Both the MDC–T and MDC–N factions boycotted the by-election.
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