Gweru Urban 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, ...
represented in 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, located in
Gweru,
Midlands Province
Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of 1,614,941 (2012). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho and Chewa, as well as of ...
. Its current MP since the
2023 election is
Josiah Makombe of the
Citizens Coalition for Change.
Members
A constituency called Gwelo (the town's
colonial name until 1982) was represented in the
Parliament of Rhodesia
The Parliament of Rhodesia was the bicameral legislature in Rhodesia from 1970 to 1979.
Several elections were held, last in 1977.
Senate
The upper chamber was called the Senate, and it had 23 members: ten White Rhodesians, ten African chiefs, ...
from 1914 until 1979.
Note: In the 1990 and 1995 elections, the constituency was called Gweru Central.
See also
*
List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
{{Politics of Zimbabwe
The following is a list of parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe, as broken down by province.
The National Assembly consists of 270 members. Of these, 210 are elected in single-member constituencies of roughly equal si ...
References
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Gweru
Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe