Jwaneng-Mabutsane is a constituency in the Southern District of Botswana represented in the National Assembly of Botswana.
| Jwaneng-Mabutsane | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
.svg) Boundary of Jwaneng-Mabutsane in Botswana | |
| District | Southern |
| Population | 45,604 |
| Major settlements | Jwaneng |
| Area | 11,866 km2 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Created from | Ngwaketse West |
| MP | TBD |
Constituency profile
editThe seat's predecessor, Ngwaketse West was a marginal seat for the Botswana National Front from the 2004 election up to its dissolution at the 2012 delimitation exercise, the seat continued this trend by voting for the Umbrella for Democratic Change in the 2014 election. Aligned with the broader success the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) achieved in the southern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election, the constituency voted for the BDP by 20 percentage points. The constituency is predominantly rural with the mining town of Jwaneng being the largest population centre, it encompasses the following localities:[1]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 election | Shawn Ntlhaile | |
| 2019 election | Mephato Reatile | |
Election results
edit2019 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDP | Mephato Reatile | 8,466 | 56.40 | +10.50 | |
| UDC | Shawn Ntlhaile | 5,466 | 36.42 | −13.59 | |
| AP | Tsietsi Oodira-Kwenje | 934 | 6.22 | New | |
| Independent | Alexander Heii | 144 | 0.96 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,000 | 19.99 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,010 | 99.06 | +0.34 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 142 | 0.94 | −0.34 | ||
| Turnout | 15,152 | 84.33 | −2.26 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,968 | ||||
| BDP gain from UDC | Swing | +12.05 | |||
2014 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDC | Shawn Ntlhaile | 6,613 | 50.01 | ||
| BDP | Mephato Reatile | 6,069 | 45.90 | ||
| BCP | Mathaese Ralekoi | 541 | 4.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 544 | 4.06 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,223 | 98.72 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 194 | 1.28 | |||
| Turnout | 13,395 | 86.59 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,469 | ||||
| UDC win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. p. 81.
- ^ Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
- ^ 2014 General Elections Report (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).