Bulawayo South

Bulawayo South
Constituency for the Zimbabwean House of Assembly
Region	Southern Bulawayo
Current constituency
Created	1914
Party	MDC
Member(s)	David Coltart

Bulawayo South is a parliamentary constituency of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The current member of the House of Assembly for Bulawayo South is Eddie Cross, a member of the Movement for Democratic Change. Notable former members include David Coltart, who in the 2008 election moved to the Senate.

About the constituency

Map of the white Bulawayo South constituency (1979-1987)

Bulawayo South is located on the southern end of the city of Bulawayo. It is a predominantly black working-class area, with some middle and upper class areas. The working-class area is centered around the Bulawayo suburbs of Nketa and Emganwini and factories as well as other industrial buildings can be found in the Belmont and Donnington industrial area. Prior to the 1990 election the constituency was one of the 20 white minority constituencies. Over the past decade 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.

Members

	Member	Party
1977	George Desmond Chalmers	RF
1979	Wallace Evelyn Stuttaford	RF
1985	Graham Austen Biffen	CAZ
1995	Zenzo Nsimbi	ZANU-PF
2005	David Coltart	MDC
2008	Eddie Cross	MDC

Election results

2000s elections

General Election 2008: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDC-T	Eddie Cross	2,764	55	-20.8
	MDC-M	Jethro Mpofu	1,605	32	+32
	ZANU-PF	Jimmy Nleya	483	9.6	-17
	Independent	Marylin Ndiweni	112	2.2	N/A
	United People's Party (Zimbabwe)	Tobias Kamambo	58	1.2	N/A
	Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland	Wilson Bancinyane	0	0.0	N/A
Majority			1,159	23	-29.2
Turnout			5,022	21.6	-14.8
	MDC-T hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDC	David Coltart	12,120	75.8	-8.9
	ZANU-PF	Sithembiso Nyoni	3,777	23.6	+10.6
	Independent	Charles Mpofu	84	0.5	N/A
Majority			8,343	52.2	-19.5
Turnout			15,981	36.4	+0.6
	MDC hold		Swing

General Election 2000: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDC	David Coltart	20,781	84.7	N/A
	ZANU-PF	Callistus Ndlovu	3,193	13.0	-51.6
	Independent	Others	552	2.2	N/A
Majority			17,588	71.7
Turnout			24,526	35.8
	MDC gain from ZANU-PF		Swing

1990s elections

General Election 1995: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ZANU-PF	Zenzo Nsimbi	15,631	64.6	N/A
	FPZ	Ega Sansole	8,558	35.4	N/A
	ZANU-PF hold		Swing

1980s elections

General Election 1985: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CAZ	Graham Austen Biffen	1,354	74.9	-17.1
	IZG	Robert Graeme Nixon	454	25.1	N/A
	CAZ hold		Swing

General Election 1980: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RF	Wallace Evelyn Stuttaford	3,715	92.0	N/A
	Independent	Francis Robert Bertrand	289	7.2	N/A
	Independent	John Francis Betch	36	0.9	N/A
	RF hold		Swing

1970s elections

General Election 1979: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RF	Wallace Evelyn Stuttaford	4,140	88.1	N/A
	Independent	Francis Robert Bertrand	500	10.7	N/A
	Independent	John Francis Betch	57	1.2	N/A
Majority			3,640	77.5	-13.0
Turnout			4,697
	RF hold		Swing

General Election 1977: Bulawayo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RF	George Desmond Chalmers	701	95.2	N/A
	RAP	Ian Norman Berry	35	4.8	N/A
Majority			666	90.5
Turnout			736	69.5
	RF hold		Swing

External links

Parliamentary Constituencies of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly in Bulawayo

Bulawayo Central Bulawayo East Bulawayo South Emakhandeni-Entumbane Lobengula Luveve Magwegwe Makokoba Nketa Nkulumane Pelandaba-Mpopoma Pumula

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