Harare East

{{Short description|Constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Harare East |image = File:Harare East Constituency.svg |constituency_link = List of parliamentary constituencies of Zimbabwe |type = National Assembly |parl_name = Parliament of Zimbabwe |district_label = District |district = Harare |region_label = Province |region = Harare |electorate = 36,535 (2023) |elects_howmany = 1 | year = | member = Kiven Mutimbanyoka | party = ZANU-PF | previous = }} '''Harare East''' is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Located in Harare, it is currently represented since the 2023 election by Rusty Markham of the Citizens Coalition for Change.

The constituency was previously represented since the 2000 election by Tendai Biti. Biti was recalled on 17 March 2021 amid factional disputes within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=The legality of 6 PDP MPs recall |url=https://www.pressreader.com/zimbabwe/newsday-zimbabwe/20210324/281685437619480 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=NewsDay}}</ref> He was reelected to Parliament as a member of the newly-formed CCC in a by-election held 26 March 2022.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |url=https://www.zesn.org.zw/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ZESN-by-election-report.pdf |title=Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections |publisher=Zimbabwe Election Support Network |year=2022}}</ref>

== Members == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |- |1990 |Margaret Dongo | style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |ZANU–PF |- |1995 |Tirivanhu Mudariki | style="background-color: {{party color|Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front}}" | |ZANU–PF |- |2000 | rowspan="6" |Tendai Biti | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC |- |2005 |- |2008 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai}}" | | rowspan="2" |MDC–T |- |2013 |- |2018 | style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Democratic Change}}" | |MDC Alliance |- |2022 by-election | style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition For Change}}" | |CCC |- |2023 |Rusty Markham | style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens Coalition For Change}}" | |CCC |}

==Elections== {{Election results |caption = 2022 by-election: Harare East |party1='''CCC''' |cand1='''Tendai Biti''' |votes1=7534 |sw1=New

|party2=ZANU–PF |cand2=Mavis Gumbo |votes2=3045 |sw2=+1.74

|party3=MDC Alliance |cand3=Christopher Mbanga |votes3=114 |sw3=-62.38

|party5=Labour, Economists and African Democrats |cand5=Rukanda Henry Gwinyai |votes5=3 |sw5=New

|result = CCC '''gain''' from MDC Alliance |invalid=92 |invalidsw=-0.21 |validsw=+0.21 |majority=4489 |majoritypct=41.58 |majoritysw=+4.61 |resultsw= }}{{Election box begin | title=Parliamentary Election 2008: Harare East}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai|candidate=Tendai Biti|votes=8,377|percentage=76.40|change=8.43}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front|candidate=Noah Mangondo|votes=2,587|percentage=23.60|change=-8.43}} {{Election box majority|votes=5,790|percentage=52.81|change=16.87}} {{Election box turnout|votes=10,964|percentage=36.39|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai }} {{Election box end}}

== References == {{reflist}} Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/z/zimbabwe/zimbabwe20083.txt Elections to the House of Assembly]

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