Editing Politics of Zimbabwe (section)

===Legislature===

[[File:Harare parlament 24032005.jpg|thumb|[[Parliament of Zimbabwe]] in [[Harare]]]]

Parliament consists of the [[House of Assembly (Zimbabwe)|House of Assembly]] and, since 2005, the [[Senate of Zimbabwe|Senate]], which had previously been abolished in 1990. The House of Assembly has 210 members elected by universal suffrage, including the Speaker, and the [[Attorney General of Zimbabwe|Attorney General]], and may serve for a maximum of five years.<ref>[http://voanews.com/english/Africa/Zimbabwe/2007-11-01-voa45.cfm "Zimbabwe's Mugabe Finalizes Constitutional Amendment On Elections"]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, [[Caroline Gombakomba|Carole Gombakomba]], VOA News, November 1, 2007.</ref> Under the [[Zimbabwean constitutional referendum, 2013|2013 constitution]], the Senate consists of 80 members, of whom 60 are elected for five-year terms in 6-member constituencies representing one of the 10 provinces, elected based on the votes in the lower house election, using [[party-list proportional representation]], distributed using the [[hare quota]]. Additionally the Senate consists of 2 seats for each non-metropolitan district of Zimbabwe elected by each provincial assembly of chiefs using [[Single non-transferable vote|SNTV]],<ref>{{cite book|title=ELECTORAL ACT|publisher=[[Zimbabwe Electoral Commission]]|page=35|url=http://www.zec.gov.zw/electoral-media?download=497:consolidated-electoral-act|access-date=18 January 2015|format=pdf|chapter=Part X, Section 44|archive-date=18 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118194119/http://www.zec.gov.zw/electoral-media?download=497:consolidated-electoral-act|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1 seat each for the president and deputy president of the [[Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs|National Council of Chiefs]] and 1 male and 1 female seat for people with disabilities elected on separate ballots using [[Plurality voting system|FPTP]] by an electoral college designated by the National Disability Board.<ref name=zimbabweconst>{{cite book|title=Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20)|pages=52–54|url=http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/attachments/article/56/constitution.pdf|chapter=3, 4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910142157/http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/attachments/article/56/constitution.pdf|archive-date=2014-09-10}}</ref><ref name="zimbabwe electoral act 2014">{{cite web|title=Electoral Amendment Act 2014 [Act 6-2014]|url=http://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Electoral%20Amendment%20Act%202014%20-%20Act%206-2014.doc|website=Veritas Zimbabwe|access-date=18 January 2015|pages=52–55|format=doc}}</ref>