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By election date set for Mazowe North
20 Jul 2016 at 08:26hrs | Views
The Mazowe North Constituency by-election will be held on the 23rd of July 2016.
This has been revealed by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) which indicated that the seat fell vacant following the death of the Member of Parliament Edgar Chidavaenzi on 17 March 2016.
"According to the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], Section 39 (1) a vacancy in the membership of Parliament which exists otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of Parliament, shall be notified to the President and the Commission in writing by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, as soon as possible after the Speaker of the House of Assembly becomes aware of it. In accordance with the same Act, Section 39 (2), the President proclaimed the date of the by-election to be 23 July, 2016," Zesn said.
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has allocated 31 polling stations for the by-election on the 23rd of July, 2016 with Umvukwesi Primary School in Mvurwi Township being identified as the Constituency collation centre.1.2 Population Demographics According to the ZimStat Census Report of 2012,"
Mashonaland Central province has a total of 1,152,520 people of which 49.2% are male and 50.8% are female. According to a 2013 voters' roll analysis conducted by the Research and Advocacy Unit, Mazowe North constituency had a total voting population of 23,8281 in 2013.
This has been revealed by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) which indicated that the seat fell vacant following the death of the Member of Parliament Edgar Chidavaenzi on 17 March 2016.
"According to the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], Section 39 (1) a vacancy in the membership of Parliament which exists otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of Parliament, shall be notified to the President and the Commission in writing by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, as soon as possible after the Speaker of the House of Assembly becomes aware of it. In accordance with the same Act, Section 39 (2), the President proclaimed the date of the by-election to be 23 July, 2016," Zesn said.
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has allocated 31 polling stations for the by-election on the 23rd of July, 2016 with Umvukwesi Primary School in Mvurwi Township being identified as the Constituency collation centre.1.2 Population Demographics According to the ZimStat Census Report of 2012,"
Mashonaland Central province has a total of 1,152,520 people of which 49.2% are male and 50.8% are female. According to a 2013 voters' roll analysis conducted by the Research and Advocacy Unit, Mazowe North constituency had a total voting population of 23,8281 in 2013.
Source - Byo24News
