Marondera East

Marondera East is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Marondera District in Mashonaland East Province. Its current MP since the 2023 general election is Vimbayi Mutokonyi of ZANU–PF.

Marondera East
Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Province	Mashonaland East
Region	Marondera District
Current constituency
Number of members	1
Party	ZANU–PF
Member(s)	Vimbayi Mutokonyi

History

In the March 2005 parliamentary election, the candidate of ZANU–PF, Sydney Sekeramayi, was declared the winner. This outcome was disputed.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2018 election, Patrick Chidakwa of ZANU–PF was elected to represent the constituency.^[1] Chidakwa died on 11 September 2020, and was replaced by Jeremiah Chiwetu, also of ZANU–PF, following a 26 March 2022 by-election.^[2][3] ZANU–PF candidate Vimbayi Mutokonyi was elected to the seat in the 2023 election with 15,221 votes.^[4]

Members

Election	Name	Party
2000	Sydney Sekeramayi		ZANU–PF
2005
Constituency abolished 2008–2013
2013	Jeremiah Chiwetu		ZANU–PF
2018	Patrick Chidakwa		ZANU–PF
2022 by-election	Jeremiah Chiwetu		ZANU–PF
2023	Vimbayi Mutokonyi		ZANU–PF

Election results

2022 by-election: Marondera East

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Jeremiah Z Chiwetu	ZANU–PF	9,379	82.01	+2.70
	Samuel Machekanyanga	CCC	1,874	16.39	New
	Thomas Tasarirenhamo	MDC Alliance	104	0.91	-18.97
	Moses Mandaza	Zimbabwe Labour Party	80	0.70	-0.11
Total			11,437	100.00	–
Majority			7,505	65.62	+6.19
	ZANU–PF hold

See also

• List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies