Kwekwe Central

Kwekwe Central
Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Province	Midlands
Region	Kwekwe
Current constituency
Seats	1
Party	Citizens Coalition for Change
Member(s)	Judith Tobaiwa

Kwekwe Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, centered on the city of Kwekwe in Midlands Province. It is currently represented by Judith Tobaiwa of the Citizens Coalition for Change, who was elected in a 26 March 2022 by-election.[1] The previous MP for Kwekwe Central, Masango Matambanadzo of the National Patriotic Front, died on 28 July 2020.[2]

Members

An older constituency called Que Que (the town's colonial name until 1982) was represented in the Parliament of Rhodesia from 1928 until 1979.

Election	Name	Party
Que Que
1928	Arthur James Taylor		Rhodesia Party
1933	Charles Leppington		Reform
1934			United
1939
1946	George Davenport		United
1948
1954
1958	Morris Hirsch		United Federal
1962	Andrew Dunlop		Rhodesian Front
1965
1970	Jacobus Burger		Rhodesian Front
1974
1977
Constituency abolished 1979–1990
Kwekwe
1990	Emmerson Mnangagwa		ZANU–PF
1995
2000	Blessing Chebundo		MDC
2005
Kwekwe Central
2008	Blessing Chebundo		MDC–T
2013	Masango Matambanadzo		ZANU–PF
2018			NPF
2022 by-election	Judith Tobaiwa		CCC
2023

Election results

2022 by-election: Kwekwe Central

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Judith Tobaiwa	CCC	6,639	67.52	New
	John Mapurazi	ZANU–PF	2,883	29.32	+7.02
	Lenin Tafadzwa Dzingire	United Zimbabwe Alliance	165	1.68	New
	Mbekezeli Ndlovu	MDC Alliance	145	1.47	-33.26
Total			9,832	100.00	–
Majority			3,756	32.2	+29.96
	CCC gain from National Patriotic Front

See also

• List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies

References

1. Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.
2. Magoronga, Michael (28 July 2020). "Kwekwe Central legislator, Blackman dies". The Chronicle. Retrieved 22 December 2022.