Marondera Central

Marondera Central is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, covering much of Marondera, Mashonaland East Province. It was created in 2008 from territory taken from the Marondera East and Marondera West constituencies. Its current MP since the 2018 general election is Caston Matewu of the Citizens Coalition for Change.^[1]

Goromonzi West
Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Province	Mashonaland East
Region	Marondera
Current constituency
Created	2008
Number of members	1
Party	Citizens Coalition for Change
Member(s)	Caston Matewu
Created from	Marondera East, Marondera West

History

Marondera Central was created for the 2008 Zimbabwean general election, with territory taken from the Marondera East and Marondera West constituencies.^[2] In 2008, Iain Kay of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai won the constituency.^[2] In 2013, Ray Kaukonde of ZANU–PF was elected.^[2] After Kaukonde was expelled from Parliament, the constituency was won by Lawrence Katsiru in a by-election.^[3]

Caston Matewu of the MDC Alliance was elected to represent Marondera Central in the 2018 election, winning back the constituency for the opposition.^[2] Matewu was recalled in October 2020 by the MDC–T amid factional disputes within the party,^[4] but was reelected as MP in a 2022 by-election, representing the newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Nelson Chamisa.^[5] Matewu was reelected in the 2023 election.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2002	54,600	—
2012	61,998	+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.^[3]

List of members

Election	Name	Party
2008	Iain Kay		MDC–T
2013	Ray Kaukonde		ZANU–PF
2015 by-election	Lawrence Katsiru		ZANU–PF
2018	Caston Matewu		MDC Alliance
2022 by-election			CCC
2023

Election results

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

General Election 2018: Marondera Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDC Alliance	Caston Matewu	14,604	59.68
	ZANU–PF	Cleopas Kundiona	8,386	34.27
	MDC–T	Francis Makombe	840	3.43
Majority			6,218
Turnout			24,469
	MDC Alliance gain from ZANU–PF		Swing	{{{swing}}}

By-Election 2022: Marondera Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCC	Caston Matewu	6,756	59.77	+0.09
	ZANU–PF	Ignatius Mateveke	4,200	37.16	+2.89
	MDC Alliance	Witness Muzavazi	292	2.58	−57.10
Majority			2,556
Turnout			11,303
	CCC gain from MDC Alliance		Swing	{{{swing}}}

See also

• List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies

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. A Profile of 28 National Assembly By-Election Constituencies (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022-03-22.
3. "Marondera Central Constituency Profile – Election Resource Centre". erczim.org. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
4. "Hon Caston Matewu Statement On Recall From Parliament". ZimEye. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
5. Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.