Marondera Central

Marondera Central is a constituency of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe, covering much of Marondera, Mashonaland East Province. It was created in 2008 from territory taken from Marondera East and Marondera West. Its current Member of Parliament is Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance).[1]

Marondera Central
Constituency
for the Zimbabwean House of Assembly
RegionMarondera District
Current constituency
Created2008 (2008)
Member(s)Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance)

History

Marondera Central was created for the 2008 Zimbabwean general election, with territory taken from the Marondera East and Marondera West constituencies. 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 in 2013, the constituency was won by Lawrence Katsiru in a by-election.[2]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
200254,600—    
201261,998+13.5%

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. The constituency is considered to generally favor ZANU–PF.[2]

List of members
Name Term Party
Iain Kay 2009 – 2013 MDC–T
Ray Kaukonde 2013 – 2015 ZANU–PF
Lawrence Katsiru 2015 – ZANU–PF

Electoral history

The following electoral data for Marondera Central comes from the Electoral Resource Centre.[3]

General Election 2008: Marondera Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDC–T Iain Kay 8,022 66.28
ZANU-PF Peter Murwira 3,170 26.19
Independent Others 844 7.53
Majority 4,852
Turnout 12,103
General Election 2013: Marondera Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ZANU–PF Ray Kaukonde 9,308 52.43 +26.24
MDC–T Iain Kay 7,892 44.45 -21.83
MDC-M Mandaza Kudzanai 314 1.77
Independent Carlos Mudzongo 112 0.64 -6.89
Majority 1,159
Turnout 17,754
ZANU–PF gain from MDC–T Swing {{{swing}}}
By-Election 2015: Marondera Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ZANU–PF Lawrence Katsiru
MDC–T N/A
Majority
Turnout
ZANU–PF hold Swing

References
  1. Langa, Veneranda (2017-07-19). "Zanu PF MP accused of threatening to kill fellow MP in Parly". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  2. "Marondera Central Constituency Profile – Election Resource Centre". erczim.org. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. "Marondera Central Constituency Profile – Election Resource Centre". erczim.org. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
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