Ngami | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
![]() Boundary of Ngami in Botswana | |
District | North-West District |
Population | 46,721 [1] |
Area | 41,779 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | BCP |
MP | Caterpillar Hikuama |
Margin of victory | 963 (2.1 pp) |
Ngami is a constituency in the North-West District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Caterpillar Hikuama a BCP MP.
Ngami is one of the few constituencies created for the inaugural National Assembly elections in 1965 that has kept its name since then. From 1965 until the 2000s, Ngami was a safe seat for the BDP. The seat became more competitive from 2004 and in 2009 Goyamang Habano from the BAM (later merged with the BCP) was elected as the first non-BDP MP in the constituency. The BDP narrowly regained the constituency in 2014 by 48 votes from the BCP. In 2019, after the BCP joined the UDC, it regained the seat in the context of an opposition sweep in the North-West District. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages: [2]
Election | Winner | |
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1965 election | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | |
1969 election | ||
1974 election | ||
1979 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1989 election | ||
1994 election | Jacob Nkate | |
1999 election | ||
2004 election | ||
2009 election | Goyamang Habano | |
2014 election | Thato Kwerepe | |
2019 election | Caterpillar Hikuama | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UDC | Caterpillar Hikuama | 8,026 | 47.83 | −0.69 | |
BDP | Thato Kwerepe | 6,816 | 45.78 | −1.69 | |
AP | Ndobano Lokae | 560 | 3.34 | N/A | |
BPF | Lekopanye Ledimo | 514 | 3.06 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,210 | 2.05 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 16,782 | 99.96 | +1.12 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.04 | −1.12 | ||
Turnout | 16,789 | 83.14 | +0.23 | ||
Registered electors | 20,193 | ||||
UDC gain from BDP | Swing | +1.19 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Thato Kwerepe | 7,063 | 47.47 | +0.96 | |
BCP | Goyamang Habano | 7,015 | 47.14 | −1.29 | |
UDC | Kebinang Moenga | 215 | 5.39 | +1.89 | |
Margin of victory | 48 | 0.33 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 14,880 | 98.84 | +1.02 | ||
Rejected ballots | 175 | 1.16 | −1.02 | ||
Turnout | 15,055 | 82.91 | +5.66 | ||
Registered electors | 18,159 | ||||
BDP gain from BCP | Swing | +1.13 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BAM | Goyamang Habano | 6,836 | 48.43 | +14.54 | |
BDP | Jacob Nkate | 6,565 | 46.51 | +0.8 | |
BNF | Molatedi Molato | 494 | 3.50 | N/A | |
Independent | Diile Boikobo | 219 | 1.55 | ||
Margin of victory | 271 | 1.92 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 14,114 | 97.82 | +0.12 | ||
Rejected ballots | 315 | 2.18 | −0.12 | ||
Turnout | 10,851 | 77.25 | −3.11 | ||
Registered electors | 18,679 | ||||
BAM gain from BDP | Swing | +7.67 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Jacob Nkate | 5,291 | 45.71 | −16.08 | |
BAM | Goyamang Habano | 3,922 | 33.89 | +3.89 | |
BCP | Geoffrey Ketjimambo | 2,361 | 20.40 | +16.11 | |
Margin of victory | 433 | 7.67 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 11,574 | 97.70 | +0.92 | ||
Rejected ballots | 272 | 2.30 | −0.92 | ||
Turnout | 11,846 | 80.36 | −0.18 | ||
Registered electors | 14,741 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −9.99 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Jacob Nkate | 5,127 | 61.79 | +4.0 | |
BAM | Letlhogile Setlhoko | 2,489 | 30.00 | −12.21 | |
BCP | P. Mbaeva | 356 | 4.29 | N/A | |
BNF | G. P. Kadira | 326 | 3.93 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 2,638 | 31.79 | +16.21 | ||
Total valid votes | 8,298 | 96.78 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 276 | 3.22 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,574 | 80.54 | +10.66 | ||
Registered electors | 10,664 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −8.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Jacob Nkate | 2,964 | 57.79 | −2.47 | |
IFP | Letlhogile Setlhoko | 2,165 | 42.21 | +8.47 | |
Margin of victory | 799 | 15.58 | −10.94 | ||
Turnout | 5,129 | 69.88 | +9.03 | ||
Registered electors | 7,340 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −5.47 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 3,244 | 60.26 | +0.01 | |
BIP | Letlhogile Setlhoko | 1,826 | 33.74 | −6.01 | |
BNF | Reuben Ndjakarana | 323 | 6.00 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,418 | 26.52 | +6.02 | ||
Turnout | 5,383 | 60.85 | −14.99 | ||
Registered electors | 8,847 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +3.01 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 3,447 | 60.25 | +2.67 | |
BIP | Motlapele Dikole | 2,274 | 39.75 | −2.67 | |
Margin of victory | 1,173 | 20.5 | +5.34 | ||
Turnout | 5,722 | 75.84 | +13.73 | ||
Registered electors | 7,545 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +1.34 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 2,210 | 57.58 | −15.22 | |
BIP | Motlapele Dikole | 1,628 | 42.42 | +15.22 | |
Margin of victory | 582 | 15.16 | −30.44 | ||
Turnout | 1,698 | 62.11 | +27.58 | ||
Registered electors | 6,179 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −7.61 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 1,223 | 72.80 | +11.75 | |
BIP | L. Kgosintwa | 457 | 27.20 | −11.75 | |
Margin of victory | 766 | 45.6 | −23.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,838 | 34.53 | −14.71 | ||
Registered electors | 4,917 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +5.88 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 1,022 | 61.05 | −36.39 | |
BIP | J. Gugushe | 652 | 38.95 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 370 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,674 | 49.24 | −72.78 | ||
Registered electors | 3,400 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −37.67 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 2,054 | 97.44 | ||
BPP | L. M. Mgagani | 54 | 2.56 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,000 | 94.88 | |||
Turnout | 2,108 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
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