Gaborone South
Gaborone South | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
![]() Boundary of Gaborone South in Botswana | |
District | Gaborone |
Population | 42,519[1] |
Major settlements | Gaborone |
Area | 44 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | BDP |
Created from | Gaborone |
MP | Dumezweni Mthimkhulu |
Margin of victory | 1,305 (11.5 pp) |
Gaborone South is a constituency in Gaborone City represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, a BDP MP.
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency was originally created in 1984, following the division of the single constituency of Gaborone and has undergone multiple changes in its size and composition. Gaborone South was a safe seat for the BNF between 1984 and 2009.[2] It was the seat of Kenneth Koma, president of the BNF and leader of the Opposition between 1984 and 2003. In 2009 it was narrowly won by Kagiso Patrick Molatlhegi of the BDP and has since become in a marginal BDP seat. Molatlhegi was re-elected in 2014 and succeeded in 2019 by Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, also from the BDP.
The urban constituency encompasses the following locations:[3][4]
- Selemela
- Dilalelo
- Old Industrial
- White City
- Bontleng
- Boitshoko
- Mophato
- Old Naledi
- Babusi
- Village
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Winner | |
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1984 election | Peter Mmusi (annulled) | |
1984 election | Kenneth Koma | |
1989 election | ||
1994 election | ||
1999 election | ||
2004 election | Akanyang Magama | |
2009 election | Kagiso Molatlhegi | |
2014 election | ||
2019 election | Dumezweni Mthimkhulu |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Dumezweni Mthimkhulu | 6,066 | 53.64 | +19.36 | |
UDC | Nelson Ramaotwana | 4,761 | 42.10 | +9.97 | |
AP | Oabile Mafunga | 413 | 3.65 | N/A | |
BMD | Bagaisi Mabilo | 68 | 0.60 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,305 | 11.54 | +9.39 | ||
Total valid votes | 11,308 | 99.18 | −0.06 | ||
Rejected ballots | 93 | 0.82 | +0.06 | ||
Turnout | 11,401 | 80.54 | −3.15 | ||
Registered electors | 14,104 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +14.67 |
2014 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Kagiso P. Molatlhegi | 3,872 | 34.28 | −6.83 | |
UDC | Murray Moemedi Ditape | 3,629 | 32.13 | −1.89 | |
BCP | Akanyang Magama | 2,318 | 20.52 | −4.35 | |
Independent | Dumezweni M. Mthimkhulu | 1,475 | 13.06 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 243 | 2.15 | −4.94 | ||
Total valid votes | 11,294 | 99.24 | +0.17 | ||
Rejected ballots | 86 | 0.76 | −0.17 | ||
Turnout | 11,380 | 83.69 | +9.24 | ||
Registered electors | 13,597 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −4.36 |
2009 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Kagiso P. Molatlhegi | 2,853 | 41.11 | +6.02 | |
BNF | Akanyang Magama | 2,361 | 34.02 | −8.74 | |
BCP | Kgoberego Nkawana | 1,726 | 24.87 | +20.12 | |
Margin of victory | 433 | 7.09 | +1.64 | ||
Total valid votes | 6,940 | 99.07 | +0.05 | ||
Rejected ballots | 65 | 0.93 | −0.05 | ||
Turnout | 7,005 | 74.45 | +0.34 | ||
Registered electors | 9,409 | ||||
BDP gain from BNF | Swing | +7.38 |
2004 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Akanyang Magama | 2,414 | 42.76 | −14.33 | |
BDP | G. Matlhabaphiri | 1,981 | 35.09 | −3.31 | |
NDF | Dick Bayford | 969 | 17.16 | N/A | |
BCP | Rex Ndzinge | 268 | 4.06 | +0.69 | |
MELS | Dithapelo Kgangkenna | 14 | 0.25 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 433 | 7.67 | −11.02 | ||
Total valid votes | 5,646 | 99.02 | +1.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 56 | 0.98 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,702 | 74.11 | −4.72 | ||
Registered electors | 7,694 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | −8.82 |
1999 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNF | Kenneth Koma | 3,742 | 57.09 | −11.65 | |
BDP | G. Matlhabaphiri | 2,517 | 38.40 | +7.66 | |
BCP | B. P. B. Bagwasi | 266 | 4.06 | N/A | |
BAM | L. Kuli | 30 | 0.46 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,225 | 18.69 | −19.31 | ||
Total valid votes | 6,555 | 97.72 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 153 | 2.28 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,708 | 78.83 | +0.84 | ||
Registered electors | 8,509 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | −1.99 |
1994 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Kenneth Koma | 4,318 | 68.74 | +10.67 | |
BDP | Abdul S. Dada | 1,931 | 30.74 | −11.19 | |
UDF | E. Abdulla | 33 | 0.53 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 2,387 | 38.00 | +21.86 | ||
Turnout | 6,282 | 77.99 | +5.80 | ||
Registered electors | 8,055 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | +10.93 |
1989 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNF | Kenneth Koma | 7,595 | 58.07 | +4.34 | |
BDP | Utlwang G.S. Matlhabaphiri | 5,483 | 41.93 | −3.44 | |
Margin of victory | 2,112 | 16.14 | +7.78 | ||
Turnout | 13,078 | 72.19 | +4.33 | ||
Registered electors | 18,117 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | +3.89 |
1984 election (rerun)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Kenneth Koma | 4,771 | 53.73 | +6.64 | |
BDP | Peter Mmusi | 4,029 | 45.37 | −3.00 | |
BPP | Victor Masole | 80 | 1.62 | −0.72 | |
Margin of victory | 742 | 8.36 | +7.08 | ||
Turnout | 8,880 | 67.86 | −5.53 | ||
Registered electors | 13,086 | ||||
BNF gain from BDP | Swing | +4.82 |
1984 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BDP | Peter Mmusi | 4,645 | 48.37 | ||
BNF | Kenneth Koma | 4,523 | 47.09 | ||
Independent | Wellie Seboni | 280 | 2.92 | ||
BPP | Víctor Masole | 156 | 1.62 | ||
Margin of victory | 122 | 1.28 | |||
Turnout | 9,604 | 73.39% | |||
Registered electors | 13,086 | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 58.
- ^ Parliament of Botswana
- ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022.
- ^ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012.
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2019
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2014
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2009
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2004
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 1999
- ^ a b Results by constituency