House of Assembly (Zimbabwe)

House of Assembly of Zimbabwe
Type
Type	Lower House
Leadership
Speaker	Jacob Mudenda, ZANU-PF Since 3 September 2013
Structure
Seats	210
Political groups	ZANU-PF (160)   MDC-T (49)   Independents (1)
Elections
Last election	31 July 2013
Meeting place
Parliament House, Harare, Zimbabwe

The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It was the unicameral legislative body from 1989 until late November 2005, when the Senate was re-introduced.

Under the 1980 Constitution, 20 of the 100 seats in the House of Assembly were reserved for the country's white minority, although whites and other ethnic minorities made up only five per cent of the population. These seats were abolished in 1987.

The sixth House of Assembly, formed following elections held on 31 March 2005, had a total of 150 members. 120 members were directly elected in single member constituencies using the plurality (or First-past-the-post) system. The President appointed 12 additional members and 8 provincial governors who held reserved seats in the House. The remaining 10 seats were held by traditional chiefs who were chosen by their peers. All members served five-year terms.

A 2007 law, to take effect after the 2008 election, expanded the House of Assembly to 210 seats and made it a fully elected body.^[1] The appointed and ex officio members were transferred to the Senate. The Seventh House of Assembly was opened on August 26, 2008.

Jacob Mudenda has been Speaker of the House of Assembly since September 2013.

Previous House of Assembly election results

2013 election

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Elected	Women	Total
ZANU-PF	2,116,116	62.39	159	37	196
MDC-T	1,027,412	30.29	49	21	70
MDC-N	159,274	4.70	0	2	2
ZAPU	14,312	0.42	0	0	0
Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn	6,713	0.20	0	0	0
United Movement for Democracy	1,445	0.04	0	0	0
ZANU-Ndonga	1,152	0.03	0	0	0
FreeZim Congress	739	0.02	0	0	0
Alliance Khumbula Ekhaya	380	0.01	0	0	0
Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe	351	0.01	0	0	0
Freedom Front	200	0.01	0	0	0
CTD	147	0.00	0	0	0
Zimbabwe Development Party	145	0.00	0	0	0
People's Democratic Union	76	0.00	0	0	0
Zimbabwe People's Movement	70	0.00	0	0	0
Voice of the People	38	0.00	0	0	0
Independents^[a]	63,011	1.86	2	0	2
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–
Total	3,391,581	100	210	60	270
Registered voters/turnout			–	–	–
Source: Adam Carr, Election Passport

Elections before 2013

Political Party	Election Year
1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2008
Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)	57	64	117	118	62	78	99
Patriotic Front - Zimbabwe African People's Union (PF-ZAPU)	20	15	-	-	-	-	-
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)	-	-	-	-	57	41	-
Zimbabwe African National Union - Ndonga (ZANU-Ndonga)	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
Rhodesian Front (RF)	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
United African National Council (UANC)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe (CAZ)	-	15	-	-	-	-	-
Independent Zimbabwe Group (IZG)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
Zimbabwe Unity Movement (ZUM)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance (ZYA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zimbabwe People's Democratic Party (ZPDP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T)	-	-	-	-	-	-	100
Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara (MDC-M)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Presidential appointees	-	-	-	-	-	20	-
Ex officio members (Chiefs)	-	-	-	-	-	20	-
Independent	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Total	100	100	120	120	120	150	210

See also

• Senate of Zimbabwe - the upper chamber of Parliament
• History of Zimbabwe
• Legislative Branch
• List of national legislatures

References

1. Carole Gombakomba, "Zimbabwe's Mugabe Finalizes Constitutional Amendment On Elections", VOA News, November 1, 2007.