Perpetua Murungweni
Zimbabwe’s main opposition, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has gained one more parliamentary seat in Masvingo Province making them two from one it got in 2018.
CCC won the newly created Chiredzi Central constituency and retained Masvingo Urban which was their sole seat in the past five year term.
CCC’s Ropafadzo Makumire who won Chiredzi Central was Chiredzi Town Council Vice Chairperson having gotten into council in 2018 as an independent candidate and later joined CCC on its formation.
Makumire garnered 123442 votes, while his former boss Gibson Hwende who was council chairperson and contested as an independent candidate got 676 and Francis Moyo of Zanu PF who was council chairperson between 2013 and 2018 also got 7832 votes.
Zanu PF won 23 out of 25 constituencies and the 26th, Gutu West had no election following the death of one the candidates Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi died before elections and will have a by-election at a later date.
In 2013, Zanu PF won all the 26 constituencies and lost Masvingo Urban to MDC-Alliance in 2018.
