The seat is currently vacant following the November 2023 recall of Oliver Mutasa (Citizens Coalition for Change), the constituency's MP since the 2023 election.
[1] In 2013, Zhuwao lost the ZANU–PF primary to Francis Mukwangwariwa, who went on to win the general election.
[2] In the 2023 election, Oliver Mutasa of the newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change won in Zvimba East by a margin of 189 votes against ex-Central Intelligence Organisation operative and former MP for the constituency, Francis Mukwangwariwa.
[4][5][6] On 16 December 2023, ZANU–PF announced that, following primary polls, the party will be represented by Kudakwashe Munhanzva in the upcoming by-election.
[5][6] The CCC will have competing candidates in Zvimba East, with recalled MP Mutasa, representing the faction loyal to Nelson Chamisa, set to contest the election as an independent against Konjana Gift Machoka, the official CCC candidate representing the Sengezo Tshabangu camp of the party.