8th Parliament of Zimbabwe
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Zimbabwe | ||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Parliament House, Harare | ||||||||||
| Term | 22 August 2013 – 29 July 2018 | ||||||||||
| Election | 2013 Zimbabwean general election | ||||||||||
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| Website | parlzim | ||||||||||
| National Assembly | |||||||||||
| Members | 270 | ||||||||||
| Speaker | Jacob Mudenda | ||||||||||
| Deputy Speaker | Mabel Chinomona | ||||||||||
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| Party control | ZANU-PF | ||||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||||
| Members | 80 | ||||||||||
| President | Edna Madzongwe | ||||||||||
| Deputy President | Chen Chimutengwende | ||||||||||
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In Zimbabwe's 2013 general election, 210 members of the National Assembly were elected to the National Assembly – one for each parliamentary constituency. The Constitution of Zimbabwe provided for a further 60 female members, representing a women's quota, chosen by proportional representation based on the constituency votes. This was the first Parliament to be elected and sit under the new Constitution of Zimbabwe.
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 9 August 2013.