Kanye South

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Kanye South
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
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Boundary of Kanye South in Botswana
District Southern
Population40,907
Major settlements Kanye
Area1,478 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
Party  BDP
Created from Kanye
Ngwaketse South
Abolished1984
Re-established2004
MP Lemogang Kwape
Margin of victory 4,441 (24.1 pp)

Kanye South is a constituency in the Southern District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Lemogang Kwape, a Democratic Member of Parliament and current Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will be renamed Kanye West, to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [1]

Constituency profile

The seat has traditionally been a marginal seat for the BNF, [2] consistently supporting it from its establishment until the BDP secured a landslide victory. This aligned with the broader success the BDP achieved in the Southern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages: [3]

  1. Selokolela
  2. Lefhoko
  3. Sesung
  4. Seherelela
  5. Tsonyane
  6. Betesankwe
  7. Lotlhakane
  8. Kanye

Members of Parliament

Key:  BNF   UDC   BDP

ElectionWinner
1965 election Quett Masire
1969 election Bathoen Gaseitsiwe
1974 election
1979 election
2004 election Omphitlhetse Maswabi
2009 election Abram Kesupile
2014 election
2019 election Lemogang Kwape

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Kanye South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Lemogang Kwape 11,194 60.73 +16.38
UDC Victor Phologolo6,75336.64−10.00
Independent Abram Kesupile4842.63−44.01
Margin of victory4,44124.10N/A
Total valid votes18,43199.21+0.43
Rejected ballots1460.79−0.43
Turnout 18,57783.73−1.41
Registered electors 22,188
BDP gain from UDC Swing +13.19

2014 election

General election 2014: Kanye South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UDC Abram Kesupile 7,351 46.64 −3.15
BDP Lemogang Kwape 6,99044.35+0.07
BCP Aldrine Madigele1,4209.01+3.08
Margin of victory3612.3−3.22
Total valid votes15,76198.78+0.19
Rejected ballots1941.22−0.19
Turnout 15,95585.14+7.60
Registered electors 18,740
UDC hold Swing −1.54

2009 election

General election 2009: Kanye South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNF Abram Kesupile 5,303 49.79 −3.20
BDP Ashton Sealetsa4,71644.28+7.58
BCP Pontius Mokgosane6325.93−0.09
Margin of victory5875.51−10.78
Total valid votes10,65198.59+0.34
Rejected ballots1521.41−0.34
Turnout 10,80377.54−0.16
Registered electors 13,932
BNF hold Swing −2.19

2004 election

General election 2004: Kanye South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BNF Omphitlhetse Maswabi 4,505 52.99
BDP Leach Tlhomelang3,12036.70
BCP Pontius Mokgosane5126.02
NDF Seitshwenyeng Sebonego3654.29
Margin of victory1,38516.29
Total valid votes8,50298.78
Rejected ballots1511.22
Turnout 8,65377.70
Registered electors 11,137
BNF win (new seat)

1979 election

General election 1979: Kanye South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNF Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 4,831 68.96 +2.61
BDP Kebatshabile Disele2,17531.04−2.61
Margin of victory2,65637.92+5.22
Turnout 7,00667.76+29.64
Registered electors 10,340
BNF hold Swing +2.61

1974 election

General election 1974: Kanye South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNF Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 1,889 66.35 −4.79
BDP Kebatshabile Disele95833.65+4.79
Margin of victory93132.70−9.58
Turnout 2,84738.12−17.92
Registered electors 7,469
BNF hold Swing –4.79

1969 election

General election 1969: Kanye South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNF Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 1,245 71.14 New
BDP Quett Masire 50528.86−66.85
Margin of victory74042.28N/A
Turnout 1,75056.04N/A
Registered electors 3,123
BNF gain from BDP Swing +69.00

1965 election

General election 1965: Kanye South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BDP Quett Masire 3,700 95.71
BPP D.P. Maruping892.30
BIP M. Ketshabile771.99
Margin of victory3,61193.40
Turnout 3,866N/A
Registered electors N/A
BDP win (new seat)

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