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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.

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

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Summary of the 31 March 2005 House of Assembly of Zimbabwe election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front	1,569,867	59.6	78
Movement for Democratic Change	1,041,292	39.5	41
Independents	16,223	0.6	1
Others	7,263	0.3	-
Presidential appointees			20
Ex-officio members (Chiefs)			10
Total (turnout 47.7%)	2,634,645	100.0	150
Registered voters	5,658,624
Total votes cast	2,696,670
Invalid votes	62,025
Source: African Elections Database

John Nkomo is the current Speaker of the House of Assembly.

[edit] Previous House of Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000
Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)	57	64	117	118	62
Patriotic Front - Zimbabwe African People's Union (PF-ZAPU)	20	15	-	-	-
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)	-	-	-	-	57
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	-	-
Total	100	100	120	120	120

[edit] See also

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

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