Bulawayo South

{{Infobox constituency |name=Bulawayo South |image = File:Bulawayo South Constituency.svg |constituency_link = List of parliamentary constituencies of Zimbabwe |type = National Assembly |parl_name = Parliament of Zimbabwe |year=1914 |electorate = 24,024 (2023) |district_label = District |district = Bulawayo |region_label = Province |region = Bulawayo |member = Raj Modi |elects_howmany = 1 |party = ZANU–PF }} '''Bulawayo South''' is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Bulawayo. Its current MP since a 2023 by-election is Raj Modi of ZANU–PF.<ref name=":1">{{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> Notable former MPs for the constituency include Eddie Cross and David Coltart.

==Profile== Bulawayo South is on the southern end of the city of Bulawayo. It is a predominantly black working-class area, with some middle- and upper-class areas. Roughly 85% of the inhabitants of the constituency are Ndebele-speaking and roughly 10% of the constituency is Shona-speaking. There are also several thousand white Zimbabweans and Indian Zimbabweans who live in the constituency as well. The working class area is centered around the Bulawayo suburbs of Sizinda, Tshabalala, and Sidojiwe (Flats), and factories as well as other industrial buildings can be found in the Belmont and Donnington industrial area. To the south, the constituency has suburbs Montrose, Newton West, Morningside, Southworld, West Somerton, and Barham Green. Prior to the 1990 election the constituency was one of the 20 white minority constituencies. The constituency has developed into a stronghold of ZANU-PF and Robert Mugabe opposition. The MDC has become a dominant presence in Bulawayo South and in 2000 saw the ZANU-PF candidate suffer a heavy loss of 51.6% of the vote. In the 2005 election, however, the ZANU-PF made a small but significant gain, while the MDC lost over 8,000 votes due in large part to poor voter turnout in the 2005 general election. The decline in support from 2005 to 2000 can also be attributed to constituency redistricting. David Coltart has remained a key member of the MDC as one of its highest-ranking members. Coltart is currently the MDC's Secretary for Legal Affairs and the Shadow Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs.

== History == thumb|right|250px|Map of the white Bulawayo South constituency (1979-1987)In the 2023 general election, Nicola Watson of the Citizens Coalition for Change defeated the incumbent MP, Raj Modi of ZANU–PF.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-03 |title=Supreme Court gives green light for the CCC's 12 candidates |url=https://newzwire.live/supreme-court-gives-green-light-for-the-cccs-12-candidates/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=newZWire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zimbabwe Elections 2023 Results: Deputy Minister Raj Modi Loses Parliamentary Seat To CCC's Watson |url=https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/08/25/zimbabwe-elections-2023-results-deputy-minister-raj-modi-loses-parliamentary-seat-to-cccs-watson/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Pindula |language=en}}</ref> On 9 October 2023, Watson was recalled from Parliament along with 14 other CCC MPs after the party's purported interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, wrote to Speaker Jacob Mudenda informing him that Watson and the other MPs had been expelled from the party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 2023 |title=CCC MPs officially recalled from parliament |work=Harare Live |url=https://hararelive.com/2023/10/10/ccc-mps-officially-recalled-from-parliament/ |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> A by-election, in which Watson was barred from running, was held on 9 December 2023, in which Modi was reelected to the seat.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2023-11-04 |title=CCC loses High Court application on recalled parliamentarians |url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/main/ccc-loses-high-court-application-on-recalled-parliamentarians/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=The Zimbabwe Mail |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Recalled CCC MPs File For Re-election As Tshabangu Fields Parallel Candidates |url=https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/11/08/recalled-ccc-mps-file-for-re-election-as-tshabangu-fields-parallel-candidates/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Pindula |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ZimSitRep_M |date=2023-12-10 |title=ZEC Releases 09 December 2023 By-election Results |url=https://www.zimbabwesituation.com/news/zec-releases-09-december-2023-by-election-results/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Zimbabwe Situation |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Members== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Election !Name ! colspan="2" |Party |- |1914 |Gordon Forbes | | |- |1920 |Francis Hadfield | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Labour}}" | |Ind. Labour |- | rowspan="2" |1924 |Charles Folliot Birney | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |Rhodesia Party |- |Henry Robert Barbour | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Party}}" | |Rhodesia Party |- |1928 | rowspan="3" |Harry Davies | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |Labour |- |1933 |- |1934 |- |1939 |Donald MacIntyre | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Labour Party}}" | |Labour |- |1946 |James Stuart McNeillie | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesia Labour Party}}" | |Labour |- |1948 |Henry Alfred Holmes | style="background-color: {{party color|United Rhodesia Party}}" | |United |- |1954 |John Wrathall | style="background-color: {{party color|United Federal Party}}" | |United Federal |- |1958 |Benny Goldstein | style="background-color: {{party color|United Federal Party}}" | |United Federal |- |1962 | rowspan="2" |John Phillips | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | | rowspan="2" |Rhodesian Front |- |1965 |- |1970 |Arthur McCarter | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |Rhodesian Front |- |1974 |Ian Rees-Davies | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |Rhodesian Front |- |1977 |Desmond Chalmers | style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | |Rhodesian Front |- |1979 | rowspan="2" |Wally Stuttaford | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Rhodesian Front}}" | | rowspan="2" |Rhodesian Front |- |1980 |- |1982 by-election |Bob Nixon | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | |Independent |- |1985 |Graham Austen Biffen | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe}}" | |CAZ |- |1990 |Lot Senda | style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |ZANU–PF |- |1995 |Zenzo Nsimbi | style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |ZANU–PF |- |2000 | rowspan="2" |David Coltart | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC |- |2005 |- |2008 | rowspan="2" |Eddie Cross | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC–T |- |2013 |- |2018 |Raj Modi | style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |ZANU–PF |- |2023 |Nicola Watson | style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition for Change}}" | |CCC |- |2023 by-election |Raj Modi | style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |ZANU–PF |- |}

==Election results==

===2000s===

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2008: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai |candidate = Eddie Cross |votes = 2,764 |percentage = 55 |change = -20.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara |candidate = Jethro Mpofu |votes = 1,605 |percentage = 32 |change = +32 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |candidate = Jimmy Nleya |votes = 483 |percentage = 9.6 |change = -17 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Marylin Ndiweni |votes = 112 |percentage = 2.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = United People's Party (Zimbabwe) |candidate = Tobias Kamambo |votes = 58 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland |candidate = Wilson Bancinyane |votes = 0 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,159 |percentage = 23 |change = -29.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 5,022 |percentage = 21.6 |change = -14.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2005: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005) |candidate = David Coltart |votes = 12,120 |percentage = 75.8 |change = -8.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |candidate = Sithembiso Nyoni |votes = 3,777 |percentage = 23.6 |change = +10.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician)|Independent |candidate = Charles Mpofu |votes = 84 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,343 |percentage = 52.2 |change = -19.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 15,981 |percentage = 36.4 |change = +0.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 2000: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005) |candidate = David Coltart |votes = 20,781 |percentage = 84.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |candidate = Callistus Ndlovu |votes = 3,193 |percentage = 13.0 |change = -51.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician)|Others |candidate = Others |votes = 552 |percentage = 2.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 17,588 |percentage = 71.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 24,526 |percentage = 35.8 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005) |loser = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===1990s===

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1995: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |candidate = Zenzo Nsimbi |votes = 15,631 |percentage = 64.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Forum Party of Zimbabwe |candidate = Ega Sansole |votes = 8,558 |percentage = 35.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===1980s===

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1985: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe |candidate = Graham Austen Biffen |votes = 1,354 |percentage = 74.9 |change = -17.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent Zimbabwe Group |candidate = Robert Graeme Nixon |votes = 454 |percentage = 25.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1980: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Rhodesian Front |candidate = Wallace Evelyn Stuttaford |votes = 3,715 |percentage = 92.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician)|Independent |candidate = Francis Robert Bertrand |votes = 289 |percentage = 7.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician)|Independent |candidate = John Francis Betch |votes = 36 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Rhodesian Front |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===1970s===

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1979: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Rhodesian Front |candidate = Wallace Evelyn Stuttaford |votes = 4,140 |percentage = 88.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician)|Independent |candidate = Francis Robert Bertrand |votes = 500 |percentage = 10.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician)|Independent |candidate = John Francis Betch |votes = 57 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,640 |percentage = 77.5 |change = -13.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 4,697 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Rhodesian Front |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1977: Bulawayo South}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Rhodesian Front |candidate = George Desmond Chalmers |votes = 701 |percentage = 95.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Rhodesian Action Party |candidate = Ian Norman Berry |votes = 35 |percentage = 4.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 666 |percentage = 90.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 736 |percentage = 69.5 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Rhodesian Front |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == *https://web.archive.org/web/20080602035941/http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/inside.aspx?mpgid=28

Category:Bulawayo Category:Constituencies established in 1914 Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe