Mudzi West

Mudzi West is a constituency of Zimbabwe. It belongs to Mudzi District in East Mashonaland, and comprises the Shanga, Suswe, Mudzi, Musarakufa and Chiunye areas.[1] It is a rural area.

Elections

In 2000 Ray J.Kaukonde of the ZANU PF party won with 92% of the vote.[1]

In the 2005 election, Aqualina Katsande, the ZANU PF candidate won with 83.6% of the vote.[1] More than 11,000 votes at the 2005 general election were not accounted for.[2]

In the 2008 elections, Aqualinah Katsande (ZANU PF) was challenged by three other candidates, one each from the United People's Party (UPP), the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) and the Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube (MDC). Katsande retained her seat in the Assembly with 9,417 votes or 72.8% of the vote.[3] Katsande and her son were accused of voter intimidation.[4]

In the 2013 elections, voters continued to face intimidation from ZANU-PF stalwarts.[5] Again the ZANU-PF candidate, Aqualinah Katsande, won, with the official count for her being 14,266 votes or 93.4% of the vote.[6]

References
  1. "Profiles of constituencies and maps: Mashonaland East: Mudzi West" (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 26 March 2008. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "2005 Election Dispute". Zimbabwe Movement. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006.
  3. "Mashonaland East - Mudzi West - ZANU PF: Aqualinah Katsande". Sokwanele. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
  4. Guma, Lance (22 April 2013). "Zimbabwe Wall of Shame: Aqualinah Katsande". Nehanda Radio. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013.
  5. Bell, Alex (3 May 2013). "Mudzi West villagers face worsening intimidation by ZANU PF". SW Radio Africa. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
  6. "ZEC Results: announced 1 August 2013". Sokwanele. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.


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