Beitbridge West

Beitbridge West
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceMatabeleland South
RegionBeitbridge District
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyZANU–PF
Member(s)Thusani Ndou

Beitbridge West is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Beitbridge District in Matabeleland South Province. It is currently represented since a December 2023 by-election by Thusani Ndou of ZANU–PF.

History

Beitbridge West was represented by Metrine Mudau of ZANU–PF between 2008 and 2018.[1] In the 2018 election, Ruth Mavhungu Maboyi of ZANU–PF was elected to the seat.[2]

Morgan Ncube was elected MP for Beitbridge West in the August 2023 general election by 96 votes, becoming the first opposition candidate to win a parliamentary seat in Beitbridge since 2000.[3]

On 3 October 2023, Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed to be the interim Secretary-General of the CCC, wrote a letter to National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda, in which he stated that Ncube and a group of CCC MPs had been expelled from the party.[4] Mudenda recognized Tshabangu's letter and wrote to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission that Ncube and other CCC MPs had lost their parliamentary membership, despite party leader Nelson Chamisa asking Mudenda to disregard the letter.[5] Ncube and the other expelled CCC MPs subsequently all filed to stand as CCC candidates in their constituencies for the upcoming by-elections.[6] On 7 December 2023, two days before the scheduled by-elections, the Harare High Court barred Ncube and the other expelled CCC MPs from contesting the by-elections.[7] In the by-election held on 9 December 2023, Thusani Ndou of ZANU–PF was elected to represent the constituency with 88.8% of the vote.[8]

Members

Election Name Party
2008 Metrine Mudau ZANU–PF
2013
2018 Ruth Mavhungu Maboyi ZANU–PF
2023 Morgan Ncube CCC
2023 by-election Thusani Ndou ZANU–PF

Election results

2023 by-election

CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Thusani NdouZANU-PF4,92988.81+42.62
Blessing Brendan DubeIndependent3666.59New
Thoriso MoyoZAPU2554.59New
Morgan NcubeCCC00.00Barred
Blessing ChoeniCCC00.00Withdrew
Total5,550100.00–
Valid votes5,55094.76
Invalid/blank votes3075.24
Total votes5,857100.00
Majority4,56382.22+81.62
ZANU-PF gain from CCC

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe election results 2008" Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Newzimbabwe.com, 31 March 2008.
  2. ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ Mlambo, Ellen (2023-08-26). "CCC gets first parliamentary seat in Beitbridge". The Masvingo Mirror. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ Harris, Lulu Brenda (2023-10-04). "'CCC member' "recalls" elected MPs". CITE. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe MPs lose seats because of fake letter". BBC News. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  6. ^ Dlamini, Nkosana (2023-11-08). "Recalled CCC MPs all file for re-election in double candidate shocker". ZimLive. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. ^ "Court bars 22 recalled CCC legislators from polls". The Herald. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  8. ^ Muleya, Thupeyo (2023-12-10). "Zanu PF wins Beitbridge West Parly seat". The Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-19.