{{Short description|Zambian National Assembly constituency}} {{Politics of Zambia}}
'''Kabwe Central''' is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the eastern part of Kabwe District in Central Province.
==History== The constituency was established in 1926 as '''Northern''', covering Broken Hill, Kasempa, Mkushi, Mwinilunga, Ndola and Solwezi.<ref name=LCNR>''Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council'', Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, pp19–23</ref> In 1929 Abercorn, Chinsali, Isoka, Kasama, Luwingu, Mpika and Mporokoso were added to the constituency, whilst Kasempa, Ndola and Solwezi were transferred to the new Ndola constituency.<ref name=LCNR/>
In 1941 the constituency was renamed Broken Hill, covering only Broken Hill, Mkushi and Serenje, with the remaining settlements transferred to the new North-Eastern constituency.<ref name=LCNR/> It was reduced in size again in 1948, now covering only the urban area of Broken Hill and the northern part of the Broken Hill rural area.<ref name=LCNR/>
The constituency was renamed Kabwe in 1964, and became Kabwe Central in 2001.
==List of MPs== {| class=wikitable !Election year !MP !Party |- !colspan=3|Northern |- |1926||Louis Gordon|| |- |1928 (by-election)||Chad Norris|| |- |1929||Chad Norris|| |- |1932||Chad Norris|| |- |1935||Stewart Gore-Browne|| |- |1938||Roy Welensky|| |- !colspan=3|Broken Hill |- |1941||Roy Welensky||Labour Party |- |1944||Roy Welensky|| |- |1948||Roy Welensky|| |- |1954||John Roberts||Federal Party |- |1959||John Roberts||United Federal Party |- |1962||John Roberts||United Federal Party |- !colspan=3|Kabwe |- |1964||Nalumino Mundia||United National Independence Party |- |1968||Josy Monga||United National Independence Party |- |1973||Miziyabo Mkandawire||United National Independence Party |- |1978||Alice Lloyd||United National Independence Party |- |1983||Wilfred Wonani||United National Independence Party |- |1988||Wilfred Wonani||United National Independence Party |- |1991||Paul Tembo||Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |- |1996||Austin Chewe||Independent |- !colspan=3|Kabwe Central |- |2001||Patrick Musonda||Heritage Party |- |2002 (by-election)||Patrick Musonda||Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |- |2006||Kayula Kakusa||Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |- |2011||James Kapyanga||Patriotic Front |- |2016||Tutwa Ngulube||Patriotic Front |- |2021||Chrizoster Halwindi||United Party for National Development |}
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{{Zambian constituencies}}
Category:Constituencies of the National Assembly of Zambia Category:1926 establishments in Northern Rhodesia Category:Constituencies established in 1926
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