Zhombe (constituency)

This article is about the parliamentary constituency. For the communal area, see Zhombe.

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Zhombe
Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Province	Midlands
Region	Zhombe
Current constituency
Created	1990
Number of members	1
Party	ZANU–PF
Member(s)	Edmore Samambwa

Zhombe is a constituency represented inf the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Zhombe, Midlands Province. Its current MP since the 2018 election is Edmore Samambwa of ZANU–PF.^[1]

Zhombe constituency in relation to Zhombe communal land

Members

Election	Name	Party
1990	Peter Hewlett		ZANU–PF
1995
2000	Daniel Mackenzie Ncube		ZANU–PF
2005
2008	Roger Tazviona		MDC–T
2013	Daniel Mackenzie Ncube		ZANU–PF
2018	Edmore Samambwa		ZANU–PF
2023

Election results

2018

Parliamentary election 2018: Zhombe^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ZIPP	Edward Chamboko	905	-%	?
	MDC Alliance	Datsun Mapfumo	8,517	-%	?
	FreeZim Congress	Hlupe Mbiba	151	-%	?
	PRC	Benison Judah Ntini	684	-%	?
	ZANU-PF	Edmore Samambwa	13,377	-%	?
	ZAPU	Thokozana Sitsha	238	-%	?

2013

Parliamentary election 2013: Zhombe^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Bako	834	4.8%	?
	MDC-M	Sandra Ncube	921	5.3%	?
	MDC-T	Roger Tazviona	5,218	30.2%	?
	ZANU-PF	Daniel Mackenzie Ncube	9;850	57%	?
	ZAPU	Bernard Magugu	427	2.5%	?

2008

Parliamentary election 2008: Zhombe^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDC–T	Roger Tazviona	5,445	?%
	MDC-M	John Edson Nyathi	2,289	?%
	ZANU–PF	Daniel Mackenzie Ncube	5,122	?%
Majority			323	?%
	MDC–T win (new seat)

Voter turnout 40.55%

2005

Parliamentary election 2005: Zhombe^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDC–T	Edson Nyathi	8,579	35.7%
	ZANU–PF	Daniel Mackenzie Ncube	14,750	61.3%%
Majority			6281	26.1%
	ZANU–PF win

At the time of election in 2005, there was a total of 44,851 registered voters in Zhombe constituency. 54% voted, and of 24,050 ballots cast, the MDC polled 8,579 and Zanu-PF polled 14,750, while 721 were spoiled ballots.

2000

Parliamentary election 2000: Zhombe^[7]

See also: Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2000 - Midlands - 80

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Albert Charles Moyo Madambe	386	1.9%	?
	Independent	Ganagana Wilbroad	0	0	?
	Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai	Anna Mutisi	8,165	39.6%	?
	United Parties	Gibson Dhuza	539	2.6%	?
	ZANU–PF	Daniel Mackenzie Ncube	10,757	52.1%	?

1995

Peter Hewlett, ZANU-PF was elected.

This was the first election to be boycotted by some minority political parties in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. However 55 of the 120 seats were not contested and ZANU-PF was the only party that fielded candidates in all the remaining 65 constituencies.

ZANU- Ndonga won 2 seats letting ZANU-PF collect 118 over 120 seats. Margaret Dongo, a renegade from ZANU-PF, contested her defeat in a court of law and a by-election gave her the seat. At the end of the day ZANU-PF had 117 seats, ZANU-NDONGA 2 and Margaret Dongo 1.^[8]

1990

Parliamentary election 1990: Zhombe^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Raphael Muroyiwa
	ZUM	Rodger Ross
	ZANU–PF	Peter Hewlett
Majority
	ZANU–PF win

1985

Parliamentary election 1985: Kwekwe West^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ZANU-PF	Josiah Tavagwisa Chinyati	18,6007	50.6%	?
	PF-ZAPU	Stephen Kenneth Sesulelo Vuma	17,257	46.9%	?
	UANC	Luckson Chando Mugara	766	2.1%	?
	ZANU	Samuel Maara	150	0.4%	?

See also

• List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies

References

1. "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. "National Assembly Constituency 2018, RESULTS OF POLL in respect of ZHOMBE Constituency". ZEC. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
3. "Zimbabwe 2013 Harmonised Election Results". ZBC. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
4. . ZBC radio. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
5. . Sunday Mail. 3 April 2005. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
6. . kubatana.net. 3 April 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
7. "ZIMBABWE ELECTION RESULTS - June 2000: Zhombe". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
8. . African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
9. "Zimbabwe News Vol. 21, No.3" (PDF). psimg.jstor.org. Retrieved 18 February 2016.