Chitungwiza South is a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

of the

Parliament of Zimbabwe The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Zimbabwe composed of the Senate of Zimbabwe, Senate and the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house, and consists of 80 members, 60 o ...

located in

Harare Province Harare Metropolitan Province () is a province in northeastern Zimbabwe. It comprises Harare, the country's capital and most populous city, and two other municipalities . Originally part of Mashonaland Province, in 1983 the province was divided in ...

. It covers a part of

Chitungwiza Chitungwiza is an urban centre and town of Harare Province in Zimbabwe. History As of the 2022 census, Chitungwiza had a population of 371,244. There are two main highways which connect the city to Harare namely Seke road and Chitungwiza r ...

, a dormitory city near

Harare Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...

. Its current MP since the 2018 election is

Maxwell Mavhunga Maxwell Mavhunga is a Zimbabwean politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chitungwiza South in the Harare Province since 2018. Elected as a member of the MDC Alliance, he joined the Citizens Coalition for Change in 2022. Early caree ...

of the

Movement for Democratic Change Alliance The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance was an electoral coalition of seven political parties formed to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 general election. After the 2018 election, a dispute arose over the use of the name MDC Alliance leading the MDC ...

Electoral history

In 2008, the MDC-Tsvangirai's Misheck Shoko was elected MP for the constituency, defeating ZANU-PF's Chikavange Chigumba, MDC-Mutambara's Rosemary Mutore, independent candidate Farai Manyepxa, ZPPDP candidate Foreward Ngwindingwindi and ZDP candidate Costa Gombera.

References

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