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Bulawayo East

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Bulawayo East
Former constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceBulawayo
RegionBulawayo
Former constituency
Created1939–1979; recreated 2005
Abolished2023
Seats1

Bulawayo East was a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Bulawayo. It was dissolved in the delimitation process prior to the 2023 election. Its most recent MP, elected in the 2018 election, was Ilos Nyoni of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.[1] Bulawayo East was also a constituency of the Parliament of Rhodesia between 1939 and 1979.

Members

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Election Name Party
1939 John Banks Brady United
1946 David Wood Young United
1948 Robert Francis Halsted United
1954 Abraham Eliezer Abrahamson United Federal
1958
1962 Rhodesia National
1965 Joel Pincus Rhodesian Front
1970 Elias Broomberg Rhodesian Front
1974
1977 Charles McKenzie Scott Rhodesian Front
Constituency abolished 1979–2005
2005 Welshman Ncube MDC–N
2008 Thabitha Khumalo MDC–T
2013
2018 Ilos Nyoni MDC Alliance

Election results

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Parliamentary Election 2008: Bulawayo East [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDC–T Thabitha Khumalo 3,587 45.09% −36.11%
MDC-M Yasimin Toffa 2,525 31.74% +31.74%
ZANU–PF Nacisio Makulumo 1,031 12.96% −5.84%
Independent Sakiwe Ndhlovu 471 5.92% +5.92%
Federal Democratic Union Dumiso Matshazi 147 1.85% +1.85%
Independent Francis Takaendisa 114 1.43% +1.43%
UPP Stanley Moyo 80 1.01% +1.01%
Majority 1,062 13.35% −49.05%
MDC–T hold Swing −33.93%


Parliamentary Election 2005: Bulawayo East [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
MDC Welshman Ncube 10,804 81.20
ZANU–PF Joshua Malinga 2,506 18.80
Majority 8,298 62.40%
MDC win

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ Carr, Adam. "Legislative Election of 2008, Elections to the House of Assembly".
  3. ^ Carr, Adam. "Legislative Election of 31 March 2005".