Introduction
Chegutu West is a Constituency located in Chegutu District of Mashonaland West
Province and consists of both rural and urban wards. It shares borders with Chegutu
East Constituency, Chakari and Muzvezve. Its geographic coordinates of the area are
-18.20314S, 30.13705E. The Constituency experiences high temperatures and minimum
rainfall and is largely dominated by sparsely vegetated trees and thorn bushes,
savannah soils and grasslands. The poor rainfall affects economic activities
particularly agriculture, resulting in high levels of lived poverty. Chegutu West has
fifteen wards of which wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are urban wards while
wards 21, 25 and 28 are the rural wards. According to the Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission 2022 Delimitation Report, Chegutu West Constituency has 30 480
registered voters.
