Jwaneng-Mabutsane

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Jwaneng-Mabutsane
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Jwaneng-Mabutsane Constituency (2014-2024).svg
Boundary of Jwaneng-Mabutsane in Botswana
District Southern
Population45,604
Major settlements Jwaneng
Area11,866 km2
Current constituency
Created2014
Party  BPF
Created from Ngwaketse West
MP Mephato Reatile
Margin of victory 3,000 (19.99 pp)

Jwaneng-Mabutsane is a constituency in the Southern District of Botswana represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Mephato Reatile a Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) MP and current leader of the BPF.

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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. 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

ElectionWinner
2014 election Shawn Ntlhaile
2019 election Mephato Reatile

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Jwaneng-Mabutsane [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Mephato Reatile 8,466 56.40 +10.50
UDC Shawn Ntlhaile5,46636.42−13.59
AP Tsietsi Oodira-Kwenje9346.22New
Independent Alexander Heii1440.96New
Margin of victory3,00019.99N/A
Total valid votes15,01099.06+0.34
Rejected ballots1420.94−0.34
Turnout 15,15284.33−2.26
Registered electors 17,968
BDP gain from UDC Swing +12.05

2014 election

General election 2014: Jwaneng-Mabutsane [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
UDC Shawn Ntlhaile 6,613 50.01
BDP Mephato Reatile 6,06945.90
BCP Mathaese Ralekoi5414.09
Margin of victory5444.06
Total valid votes13,22398.72
Rejected ballots1941.28
Turnout 13,39586.59
Registered electors 15,469
UDC win (new seat)

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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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