Marondera Central


Marondera Central is a constituency of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe, covering much of Marondera, Mashonaland East Province. It was created in 2008 from territory taken from Marondera East and Marondera West. Its current Member of Parliament is Caston Matewu.

History

Marondera Central was created for the 2008 Zimbabwean general election, with territory taken from the Marondera East and Marondera West constituencies. In 2008, Iain Kay of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai won the constituency. In 2013, Ray Kaukonde of ZANU–PF was elected. After Kaukonde was expelled from Parliament in 2013, the constituency was won by Lawrence Katsiru in a by-election.

Demographics

Marondera Central has a population of 61,998. Of the total, 28,980 are male and 33,018 are female. In 2013, the constituency had 26,888 registered voters with 65% turnout. The population is well educated, compared to the Zimbabwe average. Much of the constituents work in farming, including seasonal employment on commercial farms. The constituency is considered to generally favor ZANU–PF.

List of members

Electoral history

The following electoral data for Marondera Central comes from the Electoral Resource Centre.