Cowdray Park
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
ProvinceBulawayo
RegionBulawayo
Population75,000[1]
Major settlementsCowdray Park
Current constituency
Created2023
Seats1
PartyZANU–PF
Member(s)Arthur Mujeyi
Created fromLuveve

Cowdray Park is a constituency of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the Cowdray Park suburb of Bulawayo. Created for the 2023 general election, it is represented since a December 2023 by-election by Arthur Mujeyi of ZANU–PF.

Profile

The suburb had a population of 75,000 people in 2022.[2] Most of the constituency is not electrified and has no working sewer system since the community's founding in the mid-2000s.[3]

History

The constituency was created in 2023.[4] The bulk of the seat came from the neighbouring Luveve constituency.[5]

In the 2023 election, finance minister Mthuli Ncube of ZANU–PF was defeated by Pashor Raphael Sibanda of the Citizens Coalition for Change.[6][7]

In October 2023, Sibanda and fourteen other CCC MPs ceased being parliamentarians following a letter by Sengenzo Tshabangu, who claimed to the interim secretary-general of the CCC, in which he wrote that Sibanda and the other MPs had been expelled from the party.[8] Sibanda and the other expelled CCC MPs filed to run in the by-elections scheduled for 9 December 2023; however, the Harare High Court barred them from participating.[9]

In the 9 December 2023 by-election, ZANU–PF candidate Arthur Mujeyi defeated CCC candidate Vusumuzi Chirwa with 53% of the vote.[10]

Election results

2022 by-election

CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Aurther MujeyiZANU-PF1,76553.08+9.44
Vusumuzi ChirwaCCC1,56046.92-9.44
Pashor Raphael SibandaCCC00.00Barred
Total3,325100.00–
Valid votes3,32585.32
Invalid/blank votes57214.68
Total votes3,897100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,63814.10
Majority2056.17-6.55
ZANU-PF gain from CCC

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.newsdzezimbabwe.co.uk/2023/03/mthuli-to-fight-for-cowdray-park.html
  2. ↑ Tshili, Nqobile (2022-07-26). "Cowdray Park: It's not a suburb, it's a town". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Mthuli Ncube ups ante in bid to claim Cowdray Park constituency; initiates road rehabilitation programme for 'peri-urban' community". New Zimbabwe. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Mthuli to fight for Cowdray Park". NewsdzeZimbabwe. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  5. ↑ "Voters roll shambles to leave many stranded in Cowdray Park". NewsdzeZimbabwe. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  6. ↑ Muzavazi, Shakespeare (2023-08-24). "ZANU PF candidate locks borehole after losing to CCC; as Mthuli Ncube loses in Cowdray Park". Zw News Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  7. ↑ "No, Mthuli Ncube has not won Cowdray Park seat". The Zimbabwean. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  8. ↑ "CCC MPs officially recalled from parliament". Harare Live News. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  9. ↑ "Court bars 22 recalled CCC legislators from polls". The Herald. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  10. ↑ Jaravaza, Raymond (2023-12-18). "Zanu-PF wins Cowdray Park seat on development agenda: Cde Mujeyi". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-12-19.

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