Francistown/Tati East was a constituency in North-East District represented by an MP in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1965 to 1974. The constituency, which encompassed Francistown city and the southern part of the North-East District, was created for the first National Assembly election in 1965 and was dissolved in 1972 redistribution of boundaries, when a single constituency was created for Francistown and the rural areas of the District were unified into a separate constituency, North East.[1]
| Francistown/Tati East | |
|---|---|
| Former Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
.svg) Boundary of Francistown/Tati East in Botswana | |
| District | North-East |
| Major settlements | Francistown |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1965 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Replaced by | Francistown North-East |
The constituency was represented throughout its existence by Philip Matante, leader of the Botswana People's Party and first Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
Members of Parliament
editKey: BPP
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 election | Philip Matante | |
| 1969 election | ||
Election results
edit1969 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPP | Philip Matante | 2,361 | 69.87 | −7.40 | |
| BDP | Peter Maruping | 1,265 | 30.13 | +7.40 | |
| Margin of victory | 1,096 | 39.74 | −16.28 | ||
| Turnout | 3,626 | 57.34 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 6,324 | ||||
| BPP hold | Swing | −7.40 | |||
1965 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPP | Philip Matante | 4,415 | 77.27 | ||
| BDP | G. Segopolo | 1,214 | 21.25 | ||
| BIP | R. Sewela | 85 | 1.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,201 | 56.02 | |||
| Turnout | 5,714 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | N/A | ||||
| BPP win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ 1972 DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES
- ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
- ^ Gossett, Charles W.; Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network (published 2009): 17. Retrieved 2024-01-27.