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Parliamentary constituency in the Southern District of Botswana, 2014 onwards
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Jwaneng-Mabutsane
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Boundary of Jwaneng-Mabutsane in Botswana
DistrictSouthern
Population45,604
Major settlementsJwaneng
Area11,866 km
Current constituency
Created2014
Created fromNgwaketse West
MP  TBD

Jwaneng-Mabutsane is a constituency in the Southern District of Botswana represented in the National Assembly of Botswana.

Constituency profile

The 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. Morwamosu
  2. Kokong
  3. Itholoke
  4. Mabutsane
  5. Keng
  6. Khakhea
  7. Kanaku
  8. Sekoma
  9. Jwaneng
  10. Samane
  11. Thankane
  12. Mokhomba
  13. Mahotshwane
  14. Sese
  15. Kutuku
  16. Khonkhwa

Members of Parliament

Key:   UDC   BDP

Election Winner
2014 election Shawn Ntlhaile
2019 election Mephato Reatile

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Jwaneng-Mabutsane
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

General election 2014: Jwaneng-Mabutsane
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

  1. REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. p. 81.
  2. Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
  3. 2014 General Elections Report (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
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