| Zhombe | |
| Parl Name: | National Assembly of Zimbabwe |
| District Label: | Province |
| District: | Midlands |
| Region: | Zhombe |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Elects Howmany: | 1 |
| Party: | ZANU–PF |
| Member: | Edmore Samambwa |
Zhombe is a constituency represented inf the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Zhombe, Midlands Province. Its current MP since the 2018 election is Edmore Samambwa of ZANU–PF.[1]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Peter Hewlett | ZANU–PF | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Daniel Mackenzie Ncube | ZANU–PF | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2008 | Roger Tazviona | MDC–T | |
| 2013 | Daniel Mackenzie Ncube | ZANU–PF | |
| 2018 | Edmore Samambwa | ZANU–PF | |
| 2023 | |||
Voter turnout 40.55%
At the time of election in 2005, there was a total of 44,851 registered voters in Zhombe constituency. 54% voted, and of 24,050 ballots cast, the MDC polled 8,579 and Zanu-PF polled 14,750, while 721 were spoiled ballots.
Peter Hewlett, ZANU-PF was elected.
This was the first election to be boycotted by some minority political parties in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. However 55 of the 120 seats were not contested and ZANU-PF was the only party that fielded candidates in all the remaining 65 constituencies.
ZANU- Ndonga won 2 seats letting ZANU-PF collect 118 over 120 seats. Margaret Dongo, a renegade from ZANU-PF, contested her defeat in a court of law and a by-election gave her the seat. At the end of the day ZANU-PF had 117 seats, ZANU-NDONGA 2 and Margaret Dongo 1.[2]