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Marondera Central

{{Infobox constituency|name=Goromonzi West|parl_name=National Assembly of Zimbabwe|district_label=Province|district=Mashonaland East|region=Marondera|year=2008|elects_howmany=1|party=Citizens Coalition for Change|member=Caston Matewu|previous=Marondera East, Marondera West}}Marondera Central is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, covering much of Marondera, Mashonaland East Province. It was created in 2008 from territory taken from the Marondera East and Marondera West constituencies. Its current MP since the 2018 general election is Caston Matewu of the Citizens Coalition for Change.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/07/zanu-pf-mp-accused-threatening-kill-fellow-mp-parly/|title=Zanu PF MP accused of threatening to kill fellow MP in Parly|last=Langa|first=Veneranda|date=2017-07-19|work=NewsDay Zimbabwe|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-US}}

History

Marondera Central was created for the 2008 Zimbabwean general election, with territory taken from the Marondera East and Marondera West constituencies.{{Cite book |url=https://kubatana.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CONSTITUENCY-PROFILES-26-MARCH-2022-NATIONAL-ASSEMBLY-BY-ELECTIONS.pdf |title=A Profile of 28 National Assembly By-Election Constituencies |date=2022-03-22 |publisher=Zimbabwe Election Support Network |language=en}} In 2008, Iain Kay of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai won the constituency. In 2013, Ray Kaukonde of ZANU–PF was elected. After Kaukonde was expelled from Parliament, the constituency was won by Lawrence Katsiru in a by-election.{{Cite web|url=https://erczim.org/2015/08/03/marondera-central-constituency-profile/|title=Marondera Central Constituency Profile – Election Resource Centre|website=erczim.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-11}}

Caston Matewu of the MDC Alliance was elected to represent Marondera Central in the 2018 election, winning back the constituency for the opposition. Matewu was recalled in October 2020 by the MDC–T amid factional disputes within the party,{{Cite web |date=2020-10-02 |title=Hon Caston Matewu Statement On Recall From Parliament |url=https://www.zimeye.net/2020/10/02/hon-caston-matewu-statement-on-recall-from-parliament/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=ZimEye}} but was reelected as MP in a 2022 by-election, representing the newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Nelson Chamisa.{{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}} Matewu was reelected in the 2023 election.

Demographics

{{Historical populations|2002|54,600|2012|61,998}}

Marondera Central has a population of 61,998. Of the total, 28,980 are male and 33,018 are female. In 2013, the constituency had 26,888 registered voters with 65% turnout. The population is well educated, compared to the Zimbabwe average. Much of the constituents work in farming, including seasonal employment on commercial farms.

List of members

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!Election

!Name

! colspan="2" |Party

2008

|Iain Kay

| style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai}}" |

|MDC–T

2013

|Ray Kaukonde

| style="background-color: {{party color|ZANU-PF}}" |

|ZANU–PF

2015 by-election

|Lawrence Katsiru

| style="background-color: {{party color|ZANU-PF}}" |

|ZANU–PF

2018

| rowspan="3" |Caston Matewu

| style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" |

|MDC Alliance

2022 by-election

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition For Change}}" |

| rowspan="2" |CCC

2023

Election results

The following electoral data for Marondera Central comes from the Electoral Resource Centre.{{Election box begin|title=General Election 2008: Marondera Central}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai|candidate=Iain Kay|votes=8,022|percentage=66.28|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front|candidate=Peter Murwira|votes=3,170|percentage=26.19|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Others|votes=844|percentage=7.53|change=||Others}}

{{Election box majority||votes=4,852|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=12,103|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=General Election 2013: Marondera Central}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=ZANU–PF|candidate=Ray Kaukonde|votes=9,308|percentage=52.43|change=+26.24|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai|candidate=Iain Kay|votes=7,892|percentage=44.45|change=−21.83|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara|candidate=Mandaza Kudzanai|votes=314|percentage=1.77|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Carlos Mudzongo|votes=112|percentage=0.64|change=−6.89|}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,159|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=17,754|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link||winner=ZANU-PF|loser=Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=By-Election 2015: Marondera Central}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=ZANU–PF|candidate=Lawrence Katsiru|votes=|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai|candidate=N/A|votes=|percentage=|change=|}}

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{{Election box hold with party link||winner=ZANU-PF|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=General Election 2018: Marondera Central}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=MDC Alliance|candidate=Caston Matewu|votes=14,604|percentage=59.68|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=ZANU–PF|candidate=Cleopas Kundiona|votes=8,386|percentage=34.27|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai|candidate=Francis Makombe|votes=840|percentage=3.43|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,218|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=24,469|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link||winner=MDC Alliance|loser=ZANU-PF}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=By-Election 2022: Marondera Central}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Citizens Coalition for Change|candidate=Caston Matewu|votes=6,756|percentage=59.77|change=+0.09|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=ZANU–PF|candidate=Ignatius Mateveke|votes=4,200|percentage=37.16|change=+2.89|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=MDC Alliance|candidate=Witness Muzavazi|votes=292|percentage=2.58|change=−57.10|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,556|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=11,303|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Citizens Coalition for Change|loser=MDC Alliance}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

{{Parliamentary constituencies in Mashonaland East}}

Category:2008 establishments in Zimbabwe

Category:Constituencies established in 2008

Category:Marondera

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe