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.
| Beitbridge West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe | |
| Province | Matabeleland South |
| Region | Beitbridge District |
| Current constituency | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | ZANU–PF |
| Member(s) | Thusani Ndou |
History
editBeitbridge 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
edit| 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
edit2023 by-election
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thusani Ndou | ZANU-PF | 4,929 | 88.81 | +42.62 | |
| Blessing Brendan Dube | Independent | 366 | 6.59 | New | |
| Thoriso Moyo | ZAPU | 255 | 4.59 | New | |
| 0 | 0.00 | Barred | |||
| 0 | 0.00 | Withdrew | |||
| Total | 5,550 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 5,550 | 94.76 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 307 | 5.24 | |||
| Total votes | 5,857 | 100.00 | |||
| Majority | 4,563 | 82.22 | +81.62 | ||
| ZANU-PF gain from CCC | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Zimbabwe election results 2008" Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Newzimbabwe.com, 31 March 2008.
- ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Mlambo, Ellen (2023-08-26). "CCC gets first parliamentary seat in Beitbridge". The Masvingo Mirror. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ Harris, Lulu Brenda (2023-10-04). "'CCC member' "recalls" elected MPs". CITE. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Zimbabwe MPs lose seats because of fake letter". BBC News. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ Dlamini, Nkosana (2023-11-08). "Recalled CCC MPs all file for re-election in double candidate shocker". ZimLive. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ^ "Court bars 22 recalled CCC legislators from polls". The Herald. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ^ Muleya, Thupeyo (2023-12-10). "Zanu PF wins Beitbridge West Parly seat". The Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-19.