Jwaneng-Mabutsane

Jwaneng-Mabutsane
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
District	Southern
Population	51,073
Major settlements	Jwaneng
Area	14,117 km2
Current constituency
Created	2014
Party	UDC
Created from	Ngwaketse West
MP	Omphemetse Kwapa
Margin of victory	1,426 (7.3 pp)

Jwaneng-Mabutsane is a constituency in the Southern District of Botswana represented in the National Assembly of Botswana by Omphemetse Kwapa of the UDC since 2024.

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]

1. Jwaneng
2. Mokhomma
3. Mahotshwane
4. Thankane
5. Lefhoko
6. Keng
7. Sekoma
8. Morwamosu
9. Betesankwe
10. Maokane
11. Tsonyane
12. Sese
13. Khakhea
14. Khonkhwa
15. Mabutsane
16. Kokong
17. Kanaku
18. Kutuku
19. Itholoke
20. Samane

Members of Parliament

Key:  UDC   BDP   UDC

Election	Winner
2014 election		Shawn Ntlhaile
2019 election		Mephato Reatile
2024 election		Omphemetse Kwapa

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Jwaneng-Mabutsane ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDC	Omphemetse Kwapa	8,652	44.62	+8.20
	BDP	John Motsumi	7,226	37.26	−19.14
	BPF	Mephato Reatile	2,329	12.01	N/A
	BCP	Kgakololo Ramoswaane	1,185	6.11	New
Margin of victory			1,426	7.36	N/A
Total valid votes			19,392	99.68	+0.62
Rejected ballots			259	0.32	−0.62
Turnout			19,651	82.41	−1.92
Registered electors			23,844
	UDC gain from BDP		Swing	+13.67

2019 election

General election 2019: Jwaneng-Mabutsane ^[3]

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 ^[4]

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. 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 98.
2. "Kwapa wins Jwaneng-Mabutsane". DailyNews. 1 November 2024.
3. Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
4. 2014 General Elections Report (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).