Mogoditshane East

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Mogoditshane East
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Mogoditshane East (2024).svg
District Kweneng
Population43,155
Major settlements Mogoditshane
Area20 km2
Current constituency
Created2024
Party  UDC
Created from Mogoditshane
MP Letlhogonolo Barongwang
Margin of victory 1,103 (11.3 pp)

Mogoditshane East is a constituency in the Kweneng District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana by Letlhogonolo Barongwang of the UDC. Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat was first contested at the 2024 general election. [1]

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Constituency profile

The seat is entirely urban, encompassing the eastern half of Mogoditshane, a town in the Greater Gaborone area. [1]

  1. Eastern half of Mogoditshane

Members of Parliament

Key:  UDC

ElectionWinner
2024 election Letlhogonolo Barongwang

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Mogoditshane East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
UDC Letlhogonolo Barongwang 4,433 45.38
BDP Lilian Moremi3,33034.09
BCP Sedirwa Kgoroba1,87319.17
BPF Gaolatlhe Galebotswe4554.66
Margin of victory1,10311.29
Total valid votes9,76897.59
Rejected ballots2412.41
Turnout 10,00978.75
Registered electors 12,710
UDC win (new seat)

References

  1. 1 2 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 66.
  2. "Barongwang wins Mogoditshane East". DailyNews. 1 November 2024.