Mutasa South

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
Province	Manicaland
Region	Mutasa District
Current constituency
Number of members	1
Party	ZANU–PF
Member(s)	Misheck Mugadza
Created from	Mutasa

History

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

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

2022 by-election: Mutasa South

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Misheck Mugadza	ZANU–PF	5,818	51.49	+6.56
	Regai Tsunga	CCC	5,269	46.63	New
	Pedzisai Tauzeni	MDC Alliance	162	1.43	-50.72
	Eurydice Lynette Ndoro	Independent	50	0.44	New
Total			11,299	100.00	–
Majority			549	4.86	-2.36
	ZANU–PF gain from MDC Alliance

See also

• List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies