Kabwe Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the eastern part of Kabwe in Kabwe District of Central Province, including the town centre.
History The constituency was established in 1926 as Northern, covering Broken Hill, Kasempa, Mkushi, Mwinilunga, Ndola and Solwezi.Official Verbatim Report of the Debates of the Fifth Session (Resumed) of the Ninth Legislative Council, Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia, pp19–23 In 1929 Abercorn, Chinsali, Isoka, Kasama, Luwingu, Mpika and Mporokoso were added to the constituency, whilst Kasempa, Ndola and Solwezi were transferred to the new Ndola constituency.
In 1941 the constituency was renamed Broken Hill, covering only Broken Hill, Mkushi and Serenje, with the remaining settlements transferred to the new North-Eastern constituency. It was reduced in size again in 1948, now covering only the urban area of Broken Hill and the northern part of the Broken Hill rural area.
The constituency was renamed Kabwe in 1964, and became Kabwe Central in 2001.
List of MPs Election yearMPPartyNorthern1926Louis Gordon1928 (by-election)Chad Norris1929Chad Norris1932Chad Norris1935Stewart Gore-Browne 1938Roy WelenskyBroken Hill1941Roy WelenskyLabour Party1944Roy Welensky1948Roy Welensky1954John RobertsFederal Party1959John RobertsUnited Federal Party1962John RobertsUnited Federal PartyKabwe1964Nalumino MundiaUnited National Independence Party1968Josy MongaUnited National Independence Party1973Miziyabo MkandawireUnited National Independence Party1978Alice LloydUnited National Independence Party1983Wilfred WonaniUnited National Independence Party1988Wilfred WonaniUnited National Independence Party1991Paul TemboMovement for Multi-Party Democracy1996Austin CheweIndependentKabwe Central2001Patrick MusondaHeritage Party2002 (by-election)Patrick MusondaMovement for Multi-Party Democracy2006Kayula KakusaMovement for Multi-Party Democracy2011James KapyangaPatriotic Front2016Tutwa NgulubePatriotic Front2021Chrizoster HalwindiUnited Party for National Development2026Chrizoster HalwindiUnited Party for National Development
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