The 5th Parliament of Zimbabwe met between 2000 and 2005. At the time, the Zimbabwean Parliament was unicameral ,[ note 1] House of Assembly , 120 of whom were elected via first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Of the remaining 30 seats, 12 members were appointed directly by the President , eight were provincial governors who were ex officio members, and ten seats were reserved for chiefs . In the June 2000 parliamentary election , the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) won a 62-seat majority of the 120 elected seats, while the newly-formed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) gained 57 seats, and the Zimbabwe African National Union – Ndonga took one seat.
The members of the 5th Parliament of Zimbabwe were sworn in on 18 July 2000, nearly a month after the election. ZANU–PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa , one of the presidential appointees, was elected Speaker . Edna Madzongwe , also of ZANU–PF, was elected Deputy Speaker .[ 1] by-elections occurred between 2000 and 2005, raising ZANU–PF's total number of elected seats from 62 to 68.
Composition
Party
Total
Vacant
ZANU–PF
MDC
ZANU–Ndonga
End of previous Parliament
118
–
2
120
0
Start
62
57
1
120
0
August 2000
61
119
1
26 November 2000
62
120
0
December 2000
62
56
119
1
14 January 2001
63
120
0
28 April 2001
62
119
1
26 May 2001
61
118
2
4 June 2001
60
117
3
28 July 2001
61
118
2
9 September 2001
62
119
1
23 September 2001
63
120
0
11 August 2002
55
119
1
22 October 2002
54
118
2
27 October 2002
64
119
1
26 November 2002
53
118
2
27 February 2003
52
117
3
12 March 2003
51
116
4
17 March 2003
63
115
5
30 March 2003
53
117
3
9 August 2003
52
116
4
30 August 2003
64
53
118
2
20 September 2003
63
117
3
30 November 2003
64
118
2
2 February 2004
52
117
3
3 February 2004
65
118
2
28 March 2004
66
119
1
16 May 2004
67
120
0
24 July 2004
67
51
119
1
22 August 2004
66
118
2
5 September 2000
67
119
1
9 October 2004
68
120
0
Elected members
Unelected members
Membership changes
Notes and references
Notes
^ The Zimbabwean Senate , abolished in 1989, was reintroduced in 2005.
^ Kenneth Manyonda , resigned as governor of Manicaland after his election to Parliament for Buhera North .^ Border Gezi , resigned as governor of Mashonaland Central after his election to Parliament for Bindura .^ The chiefs, while not officially affiliated with any party, were in practice supportive of ZANU–PF.
^ Musekiwa resigned while in the United Kingdom, where he sought political asylum in November 1981 after being targeted by state-sponsored violence.
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