In Zimbabwe's 2023 general election, 210 members of the National Assembly were elected to the National Assembly – one for each parliamentary constituency. The Constitution of Zimbabwe provides for a further 60 female members, representing a women's quota, as well as a further 10 youth members' quota, made up of 10 candidates aged 21–35, chosen by proportional representation based on the constituency votes.
As part of the election, a new Senate was also elected. 60 members - six for each of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces - were elected by proportional representation, 16 traditional Chiefs were elected by the Council of Chiefs, while the President and Deputy President of the Council of Chiefs are automatically Senators. The final two seats in the Senate are made up of representatives of persons with disabilities, chosen by the National Disability Board.
The Zimbabwean Parliament comprises the elected National Assembly, the Senate and the President of Zimbabwe. The list of new parliamentarians was published in an Extraordinary edition of the Zimbabwe Government Gazette on 30 August 2023.
Following the passage of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, 2026, seats were created for 10 extra Senators, appointed by the President. President Mnangagwa made his first appointments to these new seats on 18 August 2026.
National Assembly Composition of the National Assembly The National Assembly is made up of 280 members, as well as the presiding officer, known as the Speaker, who is elected at the Assembly's first sitting. A Member of the National Assembly who is elected as Speaker ceases to be a Member of the National Assembly, and the vacant seat must be filled in accordance with the Electoral Law.
74% of members selected for the National Assembly were either elected for the first time, or did not sit in the previous Parliament.
On 3 October 2023, a letter was sent to the Speaker of Parliament by Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed to be the interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), stating that fifteen members (nine constituency MPs, five Women's Quota and one Youth Quota) of the National Assembly from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) had ceased to be party members and therefore lost their membership of the National Assembly. The letter contained spelling mistakes, most notably spelling the word 'ceased' as 'seized'. The leader of the CCC, Nelson Chamisa subsequently wrote to the Speaker to inform him that the CCC did not have an 'interim Secretary General' position within their party and that only he was able to recall members. The Speaker subsequently acted on Tshabangu's letter and declared the seats of the supposedly-recalled MPs vacant on 10 October 2023 and notified the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in line with the Constitution to prepare by-elections for the relevant constituencies. These by-elections were held on 9 December 2023.
On 7 November 2023, a further letter was sent to the Speaker of Parliament and the President of the Senate by Tshabangu. In this letter, he recalled a further six constituency MPs and 6 Women's Quota MPs, as well as five Senators. Their seats were declared vacant by the Speaker and President respectively on 14 November 2023. On the same day, the High Court ruled that any further recalls could not be acted upon by Parliament until legal challenges had completed. The Speaker, however, determined that the seats had been vacated when the letter was written - i.e. 7 November - and so remained vacant in spite of the Court order on 14 November.
Members Elected in September 2023 Current Constituency Maps Assembly composition Party Common Women Youth Total Common Women Youth Total Change 136 33 7 176 154 33 7 194 18 73 27 3 103 56 27 3 86 17 Total 209 60 10 279 210 60 10 280 1Vacant 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Speaker 1 1 Government majority 73 108 35
Elected Constituency Members 210 members of the National Assembly are elected by secret ballot from the 210 constituencies into which Zimbabwe is divided. The following members were elected during the general election in September 2023.