{{Infobox constituency |name=Bulawayo Central |image = File:Bulawayo Central Constituency.svg |constituency_link = List of parliamentary constituencies of Zimbabwe |type = National Assembly |parl_name = Parliament of Zimbabwe |district_label = District |district = Bulawayo |region_label = Province |region = Bulawayo |year=1924–1987; recreated 2008 |electorate = 25,804 (2023) |previous = Bulawayo East |elects_howmany = 1 |party=Citizens Coalition for Change |member=Surrender Kapoikilu }} '''Bulawayo Central''' is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Bulawayo. It is currently represented since the 2023 election by Surrender Kapoikilu of the Citizens Coalition for Change. Notable former MPs for the constituency include former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith.
== Members ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Election !Name ! colspan="2" |Party |- | rowspan="2" |1924 |James Cowden | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |RP |- |Francis Hadfield | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |RP |- | rowspan="2" |1928 |James Cowden | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |RP |- |Donald MacGillivray | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |RP |- | rowspan="2" |1933 |James Cowden | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |RP |- |Donald MacIntyre | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Labour Party}}" | |Labour |- | rowspan="2" |1934 |James Cowden | style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |UP |- |Donald MacIntyre | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Labour Party}}" | |Labour |- |1939 |William Eastwood | style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |UP |- |1946 | rowspan="2" |Donald MacIntyre | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Labour Party}}" | |SR Labour |- |1948 | style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |UP |- |1954 | rowspan="2" |Cyril Hatty | style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |UP |- |1958 | style="background-color: {{party color|United Federal Party}}" | |UFP |- |1962 |Benny Goldstein | style="background-color: {{party color|United Federal Party}}" | |UFP |- |1965 |''missing'' | | |- |1970 |Sydney Millar | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |RF |- |1974 |Edward Stanley White | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |RF |- |1977 |Denys Parkin | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |RF |- |1979 | rowspan="2" |Paddy Shields | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | | rowspan="2" |RF |- |1980 |- |1985 |Ian Smith | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe}}" | |CAZ |- | colspan="4" |''Constituency abolished 1987–2008'' |- |2008 | rowspan="2" |Dorcas Sibanda | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC–T |- |2013 |- |2018 |Nicola Watson<ref>{{cite web |title=MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections |url=http://veritaszim.net/node/3107 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |website=veritaszim.net}}</ref> | style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | |MDC Alliance |- |2023 |Surrender Kapoikilu | style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition for Change}}" | |CCC |- |}
== Election results == {{Election box begin no change | title=2008 general election: Bulawayo Central <ref>{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Legislative Election of 2008, Elections to the House of Assembly|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/z/zimbabwe/zimbabwe20083.txt}}</ref> }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai |candidate = Dorcas Sibanda |votes = 3,786 |percentage = 43.33 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara |candidate = Japhet Ncube |votes = 3,553 |percentage = 40.67 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front |candidate = Clement Ncube |votes = 908 |percentage = 10.39 }} {{Election box candidate no change| |party = Independent |candidate = Frank Dzukuso |votes = 191 |percentage = 2.19 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Patriotic Union of Mandebeleland |candidate = Arnold Payne |votes = 162 |percentage = 1.85 }} {{Election box candidate no change| |party = Independent |candidate = Frank Dzukuso |votes = 191 |percentage = 2.19 }} {{Election box candidate no change| |party = Federal Democratic Union |candidate = Gifton Dumani |votes = 74 |percentage = 0.85 }} {{Election box candidate no change| |party = Independent |candidate = Selwin Kwembeya |votes = 63 |percentage = 0.72 }} {{Election box majority no change |votes = 233 |percentage = 2.66% }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election results |caption = 2013 Zimbabwean general election: Bulawayo Central |image = <!--Insert parliamentary diagrams here--> |party1 = '''MDC-T''' |color1 = <!--Manual entry for colour of party if no meta template exists--> |cand1 = '''Dorcas Staff Sibanda''' |votes1 = 6365 |sw1 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|party2 = ZANU-PF |color2 = <!--Manual entry for colour of party if no meta template exists--> |cand2 = Mlungisi Moyo |votes2 = 2827 |sw2 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|party3 = MDC |color3 = <!--Manual entry for colour of party if no meta template exists--> |cand3 = Sibongile Maphosa |votes3 = 1572 |sw3 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|party4 = ZAPU |color4 = <!--Manual entry for colour of party if no meta template exists--> |cand4 = Clemence Sibanda |votes4 = 259 |sw4 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|party5 = MKD |color5 = <!--Manual entry for colour of party if no meta template exists--> |cand5 = Maidza Chapwanya |votes5 = 126 |sw5 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|party6 = UMD |color6 = #69B091 |cand6 = Selwin Angirayi Kwembeya |votes6 = 126 |sw6 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|party7 = AKE |color7 = |cand7 = Linda Dube |votes7 = 24 |sw7 = <!--Swing for first party or candidate-->
|valid = <!--Number of valid votes if different to party totals – only needed where voters can cast more than one vote in a constituency--> |validsw = <!--Change in the percentage of valid votes compared to the previous election. Do not use for single-candidate elections--> |invalid = 146 |invalidsw = <!--Change in the percentage of invalid votes compared to the previous election. Do not use for single-candidate elections--> |totalvotes = <!--Total votes cast when the valid/invalid split is unknown--> |electorate = <!--Number of registered voters--> |turnout = <!--Manual entry of voter turnout when registered voters is unknown. Overrides and hides any entry of electorate--> |turnoutsw = <!--Change in the turnout percentage compared to the previous election. Do not use for single-candidate elections-->
|result = MDC-T '''hold''' |majority = 3538 |majoritypct = 31.3 |majoritysw = <!--Swing of the majority of the winning candidate-->
|resultsw = <!--Overall swing to the winning candidate--> |resultsw2 = <!--Overall swing to the second winning candidate-->
|source = [https://zec.org.zw/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Byo-Central-National-Assembly-2.pdf ZEC] }}
== See also ==
* List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Parliamentary constituencies in Bulawayo}} Category:1924 establishments in Southern Rhodesia Category:2008 establishments in Zimbabwe Category:Bulawayo Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1987 Category:Constituencies established in 2008 Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe