Harare East
{{Short description|Constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Harare East
| parl_name = National Assembly of Zimbabwe
| year =
|district_label=Province|district=Harare| region = Harare
| member = Rusty Markham
|seats=1| party = Citizens Coalition for Change
| previous =
}}
Harare East is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Located in Harare, it is currently represented since the 2023 election by Rusty Markham of the Citizens Coalition for Change.
The constituency was previously represented since the 2000 election by Tendai Biti. Biti was recalled on 17 March 2021 amid factional disputes within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=The legality of 6 PDP MPs recall |url=https://www.pressreader.com/zimbabwe/newsday-zimbabwe/20210324/281685437619480 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=NewsDay}} He was reelected to Parliament as a member of the newly-formed CCC in a by-election held 26 March 2022.{{Cite book |url=https://www.zesn.org.zw/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ZESN-by-election-report.pdf |title=Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections |publisher=Zimbabwe Election Support Network |year=2022}}
Members
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1990
| style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |
| 1995
| style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |
| 2000
| rowspan="6" |Tendai Biti | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC |
| 2005 |
| 2008
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC–T |
| 2013 |
| 2018
| style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change}}" | |
| 2022 by-election
| style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition For Change}}" | |CCC |
| 2023
| style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition For Change}}" | |CCC |
Elections
{{Election results
|caption = 2022 by-election: Harare East
|party1=CCC
|cand1=Tendai Biti
|votes1=7534
|sw1=New
|party2=ZANU–PF
|cand2=Mavis Gumbo
|votes2=3045
|sw2=+1.74
|party3=MDC Alliance
|cand3=Christopher Mbanga
|votes3=114
|sw3=-62.38
|party4=United Zimbabwe Alliance
|color4=#78573E
|cand4=Garikai Mlambo
|votes4=100
|sw4=New
|party5=Labour, Economists and African Democrats
|cand5=Rukanda Henry Gwinyai
|votes5=3
|sw5=New
|result = CCC gain from MDC Alliance
|invalid=92
|invalidsw=-0.21
|validsw=+0.21
|majority=4489
|majoritypct=41.58
|majoritysw=+4.61
|resultsw=
}}{{Election box begin | title=Parliamentary Election 2008: Harare East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai|candidate=Tendai Biti|votes=8,377|percentage=76.40|change=8.43}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front|candidate=Noah Mangondo|votes=2,587|percentage=23.60|change=-8.43}}
{{Election box majority|votes=5,790|percentage=52.81|change=16.87}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=10,964|percentage=36.39|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/z/zimbabwe/zimbabwe20083.txt Elections to the House of Assembly]
{{Parliamentary constituencies in Harare}}
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