Mutasa South is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Manicaland Province. Its current MP since a 2022 by-election is Misheck Mugadza of ZANU–PF. The seat was previous represented by Regai Tsunga of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance until he was recalled in 2021.

Mutasa South
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceManicaland
RegionMutasa District
Current constituency
Number of members1
PartyZANU–PF
Member(s)Misheck Mugadza
Created fromMutasa

History

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Mutasa South is a constituency of Zimbabwe in the province of Manicaland.[1] It is also the central area of the Manyika tribe.

In 2008, the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai candidate Misheck Kagurabadza won against the ZANU-PF candidate.

In the 2018 election, the constituency was won by Regai Tsunga of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.[2] Tsunga was recalled from parliament on 17 March 2021 amid factional disputes within the MDC Alliance.[3] In a 26 March 2022 by-election, Misheck Mugadza of ZANU–PF was elected to the seat.[4]

Members

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Election Member Party
2005 Oppah Muchinguri ZANU–PF
2008 Misheck Kagurabadza MDC–T
2013 Irene Zindi ZANU–PF
2018 Regai Tsunga MDC Alliance
2022 by-election Misheck Mugadza ZANU–PF
2023

Election results

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2022 by-election: Mutasa South
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Misheck MugadzaZANU–PF5,81851.49+6.56
Regai TsungaCCC5,26946.63New
Pedzisai TauzeniMDC Alliance1621.43-50.72
Eurydice Lynette NdoroIndependent500.44New
Total11,299100.00
Majority5494.86-2.36
ZANU–PF gain from MDC Alliance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mutasa South Constituency Profile Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ "The legality of 6 PDP MPs recall". NewsDay. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. ^ Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.