Mudzi West
Mudzi West is a constituency of Zimbabwe. It belongs to Mudzi District in East Mashonaland, and comprises the Shanga, Suswe, Mudzi, Musarakufa and Chiunye areas.[1] It is a rural area.
Elections
In 2000 Ray J.Kaukonde of the ZANU PF party won with 92% of the vote.[1]
In the 2005 election, Aqualina Katsande, the ZANU PF candiadte won with 83.6% of the vote.[1] More than 11,000 votes at the 2005 general election were not accounted for.[2]
In the 2008 elections, Aqualinah Katsande (ZANU PF) was challenged by three other candidates, one each from the United People's Party (UPP), the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) and the Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube (MDC). Katsande retained her seat in the Assembly with 9,417 votes or 72.8% of the vote.[3] Katsande and her son were accused of voter intimidation.[4]
In the 2013 elections, voters continued to face intimidation from ZANU-PF stalwarts.[5] Again the ZANU-PF candidate, Aqualinah Katsande, won, with the official count for her being 14,266 votes or 93.4% of the vote.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Profiles of constituencies and maps: Mashonaland East: Mudzi West" (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 26 March 2008. p. 70. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2012.
- ↑ "2005 Election Dispute". Zimbabwe Movement. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006.
- ↑ "Mashonaland East - Mudzi West - ZANU PF: Aqualinah Katsande". Sokwanele. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
- ↑ Guma, Lance (22 April 2013). "Zimbabwe Wall of Shame: Aqualinah Katsande". Nehanda Radio. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013.
- ↑ Bell, Alex (3 May 2013). "Mudzi West villagers face worsening intimidation by ZANU PF". SW Radio Africa. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
- ↑ "ZEC Results: announced 1 August 2013". Sokwanele. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
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