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.

Harare East
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceHarare
RegionHarare
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyCitizens Coalition for Change
Member(s)Rusty Markham

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.[1] He was reelected to Parliament as a member of the newly-formed CCC in a by-election held 26 March 2022.[2]

Members

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Election Member Party
1990 Margaret Dongo ZANU–PF
1995 Tirivanhu Mudariki ZANU–PF
2000 Tendai Biti MDC
2005
2008 MDC–T
2013
2018 MDC Alliance
2022 by-election CCC
2023 Rusty Markham CCC

Elections

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2022 by-election: Harare East
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Tendai BitiCCC7,53469.79New
Mavis GumboZANU–PF3,04528.20+1.74
Christopher MbangaMDC Alliance1141.06-62.38
Garikai MlamboUnited Zimbabwe Alliance1000.93New
Rukanda Henry GwinyaiLabour, Economists and African Democrats30.03New
Total10,796100.00
Valid votes10,79699.16+0.21
Invalid/blank votes920.84-0.21
Total votes10,888100.00
Majority4,48941.58+4.61
CCC gain from MDC Alliance
Parliamentary Election 2008: Harare East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDC–T Tendai Biti 8,377 76.40 8.43
ZANU–PF Noah Mangondo 2,587 23.60 −8.43
Majority 5,790 52.81 16.87
Turnout 10,964 36.39
MDC–T hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The legality of 6 PDP MPs recall". NewsDay. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. ^ Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Elections to the House of Assembly