Maun West

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Maun West
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
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Boundary of Maun West in Botswana
District North-West District
Population41,022
Area9,532 km2
Current constituency
Created2002
Party  BCP
MP Dumelang Saleshando
Margin of victory 3,304 (19.8 pp)

Maun West is a constituency in the North-West District, represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Dumelang Saleshando. He currently serves as the president of the Botswana Congress Party and is a former Leader of the Opposition of Botswana.

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Constituency profile

The constituency was created in 2002 following the dissolution of the Maun/Chobe constituency and its division in three (Chobe, Maun East and Maun West). It was originally much smaller and its territory was based almost entirely on the city of Maun. In 2004 and 2009 the constituency voted overwhelmingly for the BDP candidates, Ronald Ridge and Tawana Moremi. Moremi defected from the BDP in 2010 to join the Botswana Movement for Democracy, which later formed the Umbrella for Democratic Change coalition. In 2012 the constituency was expanded with surrounding rural areas of Maun East and Ngami. [1] Moremi was re-elected in 2014 as a UDC candidate. In 2019, the UDC candidate was Dumelang Saleshando, leader of the BCP, winning by a large margin.

The constituency encompasses the following locations: [2]

  1. Nxaraga
  2. Komana
  3. Toteng
  4. Xaxaba
  5. Part of Maun
  6. Ditshiping
  7. Boro
  8. Komoko
  9. Daunara

Members of Parliament

Key:  BDP   UDC   UDC

ElectionWinner
2004 election Ronald Ridge
2009 election Tawana Moremi
2014 election
2019 election Dumelang Saleshando

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Maun West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UDC Dumelang Saleshando 9,713 58.23 +9.64
BDP Reaboka Mbulawa6,40938.43+2.78
AP Moalosi Sebati5573.34N/A
Margin of victory3,30419.80+6.86
Total valid votes16,67999.40−0.44
Rejected ballots1010.60+0.44
Turnout 16,78082.23−0.15
Registered electors 20,406
UDC hold Swing +6.21

2014 election

General election 2014: Maun West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UDC Tawana Moremi 7,271 48.59 N/A
BDP Reaboka Mbulawa3,13435.65−24.89
BCP George Lubinda2,35715.75N/A
Margin of victory1,93612.94N/A
Total valid votes14,96399.09+0.43
Rejected ballots1370.91−0.43
Turnout 15,10082.38+8.22
Registered electors 18,329
UDC hold Swing +36.74

2009 election

General election 2009: Maun West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Tawana Moremi 3,717 60.54 +4.65
BAM Moaparankwe Mpho3,17030.61+2.52
BNF Keanewe Maplanka6858.85N/A
Margin of victory54729.93+2.13
Total valid votes7,73998.66+0.19
Rejected ballots1051.34−0.19
Turnout 7,84474.16−1.1
Registered electors 10,577
BDP hold Swing +3.59

2004 election

General election 2004: Maun West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BDP Ronald Ridge 3,371 55.89
BAM Letlhogile Sethoko1,69128.09
BCP Osimilwe Ditsheko96916.07
Margin of victory1,68027.80
Total valid votes6,03198.85
Rejected ballots701.15
Turnout 6,10175.26
Registered electors 8,107
BDP win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. pp. 74–76.
  2. ↑ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. pp. 3–4.
  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).
  5. ↑ Report To The Minister Of Presidential Affairs And Public Administration On The 2009 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  6. ↑ BOTSWANA GENERAL ELECTIONS 30th OCTOBER 2004 POLLING RESULTS (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
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