When Ray Kaukonde, ZANU-PF MP for Mudzi East, was made Provincial Governor of Mashonaland East, he obtained an ex officio seat in Parliament and therefore vacated his constituency of Mudzi East. A byelection was held on 18 June 2005 at which the electorate was 42,072. Joseph Musa (ZANU-PF) won with 15,811 votes; Bvunzayi Gozi (MDC) had 2,382 votes.
There was a byelection in Gutu North following the death of Josiah Tungamirai (ZANU-PF) on 26 August 2005. The election was held on 26 November 2005 and resulted in the election of Lovemore Matuke (ZANU PF) with 20,712 votes against Crispa Zvovuno Musoni (MDC) who obtained 4,786 votes.
A byelection was held in Budiriro following the death of Gilbert Shoko (MDC) on 23 February 2006. Polling day was 20 May 2006. This election saw the first contest between the rival factions of the MDC, and was easily won by the Tsvangirai faction. Emmanuel Chisvuure (MDC – Tsvangirai) won 7,949 votes to 3,961 for Jeremiah Bvirindi (ZANU PF). Gabriel Chaibva (MDC – Mutambara) won only 504.
Dr Tichaona Joseph Benjamin Jokonya, ZANU-PF member for Chikomba and Minister of Information and Publicity, died on 24 June 2006. At the byelection in the constituency on 7 October 2006, Steven Chiurayi (ZANU-PF) polled 11,247 votes, while Amos Jiri (MDC – Tsvangirai) polled 4,243.
Sandra Machirori, ZANU-PF member for Rushinga, died on 1 July 2006. The byelection to replace her was held on 7 October, in which Lazarus Dokora (ZANU-PF) won with 13,642 votes against 1,801 votes for Kudakwashe Chideya (MDC – Tsvangirai). The electorate was 39,650.
Aaron Babyi, ZANU-PF member for Chiredzi South, died on 15 September 2006. A byelection there on 17 February 2007 saw Kallisto Gwanetsa (ZANU-PF) hold the seat with 10,401 votes, Mrs Emmaculate Makondo (MDC – Tsvangirai) getting 3,300, Mayithani Chauke (UPP) 896, and Nehemiah Zenamwe (MDC – Mutambara) 674. There were 332 spoilt ballots and the electorate was 53,128.
A byelection was held in Zaka East following the death of Tinos Rusere (ZANU-PF) on 2 March 2007. Polling day was fixed for 9 June; both factions of the MDC boycotted the election. Col. Livingstone Chineka (ZANU-PF) won the seat with 11,152 votes; Nicholas Shanga (United People's Party) was runner up with 1,117 votes, and Lameck Batirai (Zimbabwe People's Democratic Party) had 622 votes. There was a 27.1% turnout.
Matabeleland South is a province in southwestern Zimbabwe. With a population of 683,893 as of the 2012 Zimbabwean census, it is the country's least populous province. After Matabeleland North, it is Zimbabwe's second-least densely populated province. Matabeleland South and Matabeleland North were established in 1974, when the original Matabeleland Province was bifurcated. The province is divided into six districts. Gwanda is the capital, and Beitbridge is the province's largest town. The name "Matabeleland" is derived from Ndebele, the province's largest ethnic group.
Parliamentary elections were held in Zimbabwe on 31 March 2005 to elect members to the Zimbabwe House of Assembly. All of the 120 elected seats in the 150-seat House of Assembly were up for election. There were a further 20 members appointed by the President and ten elected by traditional chiefs, who mostly support the government. Electoral colleges for the election of the ten chiefs to the parliament were to be held on 8 April.
Mudzi West is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Mudzi District, Mashonaland East Province. Its current MP since the 2023 election is Knowledge Kaitano of ZANU–PF.
Buhera District is a district in Manicaland Province, in eastern Zimbabwe.
Parliamentary elections were held in Zimbabwe on 24 and 25 June 2000 to elect members of the House of Assembly. The electoral system involved 120 constituencies returning one member each, elected by the first-past-the-post system, with the president nominating 20 members and ten tribal chiefs sitting ex officio. This was the first national election in which Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU–PF party had faced any real opposition since the 1980s, with the newly formed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) challenging their control of parliament.
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Zimbabwe.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is broken down into 10 administrative provinces, which are divided into 64 districts and 1,970 wards.
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Lovemore Moyo is a Zimbabwean politician who was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe from 2008 to 2013. He was the National Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) party led by Morgan Tsvangirai from 2006 to 2018.
Gutu is the third largest district in Masvingo Province, southern Zimbabwe, after Chiredzi and Mwenezi. It is the northernmost district in the province. The name "Gutu" is historically reported to have emerged from "Chinomukutu wemiseve" – meaning, "the one with a load of arrows". This is according to oral historical folklore of the "Gumbo" clan who are said to have taken over the area from the "Shiri" clan through killing them by poisoning the fruit trees in the "Gona" area. Mupandawana is the largest district service centre. It was designated as a "growth point" during the early years of independent Zimbabwe together with such places as Gokwe in the Midlands Province and Juru in Mashonaland East province. Mpandawana gained town status in April 2014.
Masvingo, originally Victoria, encampases metropolitan Masvingo, in Masvingo Province in southern Zimbabwe. The district boasts of the Great Zimbabwe National Monument among its list of tourist attractions. Lake Kyle is also nearby. The people in the district are mostly rural, communal farmers. Mushandike Co-op. is found in the district, in which the villagers use the water from Tokwe River to irrigate their patches of land. Ngomahuru Hospital which is the second largest Psychiatric hospital in the country is also located.
This article gives details about the vote counting system for the 2008 Zimbabwe presidential election
The 7th Parliament of Zimbabwe was a meeting of the Zimbabwean Parliament, composed of the Senate and the House of Assembly. It met in Harare over five sessions from 25 August 2008 to 27 June 2013. Its membership was set by the disputed 2008 Zimbabwean general election, which resulted in a ZANU–PF majority in the Senate and Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai control of the House of Assembly. Political negotiations resulted in the 2009 Government of National Unity, a coalition government composed of ZANU–PF, the MDC–T, and the MDC–M.
The Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) is a centre-left political party and was the main opposition party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ahead of the 2018 elections. After the split of the original Movement for Democratic Change in 2005, the MDC–T remained the major opposition faction, while a smaller faction, the Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube, or MDC–N, was led by Welshman Ncube.
General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 to elect the President and Parliament. Because of Zimbabwe's dire economic situation, the elections were expected to provide incumbent President Robert Mugabe with his toughest electoral challenge to date. Mugabe's opponents were critical of the handling of the electoral process, and the government was accused of planning to rig the election. Human Rights Watch said that the election was likely to be "deeply flawed."
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance is an electoral coalition of seven political parties formed to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 general election. After the 2018 election, a dispute arose over the use of the name MDC Alliance leading the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to found the Citizens Coalition for Change.