Ngami (Botswana constituency)

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Ngami
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
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Boundary of Ngami in Botswana
District North-West District
Population46,721 [1]
Area41,779 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
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.

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Constituency profile

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]

  1. Somelo
  2. Sehitwa
  3. Bodibeng
  4. Botlhatlogo
  5. Kareng
  6. Makakung
  7. Semboyo
  8. Tsau
  9. Habu
  10. Nokaneng
  11. Etsha1
  12. Etsha 6
  13. Etsha 13
  14. Qangwa
  15. Xaxa
  16. Gumare
  17. Tubu
  18. Jao

Members of Parliament

Key:  BDP   BAM   UDC

ElectionWinner
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

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Ngami [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UDC Caterpillar Hikuama 8,026 47.83 −0.69
BDP Thato Kwerepe6,81645.78−1.69
AP Ndobano Lokae5603.34N/A
BPF Lekopanye Ledimo5143.06N/A
Margin of victory1,2102.05N/A
Total valid votes16,78299.96+1.12
Rejected ballots70.04−1.12
Turnout 16,78983.14+0.23
Registered electors 20,193
UDC gain from BDP Swing +1.19

2014 election

General election 2014: Ngami [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Thato Kwerepe 7,063 47.47 +0.96
BCP Goyamang Habano7,01547.14−1.29
UDC Kebinang Moenga2155.39+1.89
Margin of victory480.33N/A
Total valid votes14,88098.84+1.02
Rejected ballots1751.16−1.02
Turnout 15,05582.91+5.66
Registered electors 18,159
BDP gain from BCP Swing +1.13

2009 election

General election 2009: Ngami [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BAM Goyamang Habano 6,836 48.43 +14.54
BDP Jacob Nkate6,56546.51+0.8
BNF Molatedi Molato4943.50N/A
Independent Diile Boikobo2191.55
Margin of victory2711.92N/A
Total valid votes14,11497.82+0.12
Rejected ballots3152.18−0.12
Turnout 10,85177.25−3.11
Registered electors 18,679
BAM gain from BDP Swing +7.67

2004 election

General election 2004: Ngami [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Jacob Nkate 5,291 45.71 −16.08
BAM Goyamang Habano3,92233.89+3.89
BCP Geoffrey Ketjimambo2,36120.40+16.11
Margin of victory4337.67N/A
Total valid votes11,57497.70+0.92
Rejected ballots2722.30−0.92
Turnout 11,84680.36−0.18
Registered electors 14,741
BDP hold Swing −9.99

1999 election

General election 1999: Ngami [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Jacob Nkate 5,127 61.79 +4.0
BAM Letlhogile Setlhoko2,48930.00−12.21
BCP P. Mbaeva3564.29N/A
BNF G. P. Kadira3263.93N/A
Margin of victory2,63831.79+16.21
Total valid votes8,29896.78N/A
Rejected ballots2763.22N/A
Turnout 8,57480.54+10.66
Registered electors 10,664
BDP hold Swing −8.11

1994 election

General election 1994: Ngami
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Jacob Nkate 2,964 57.79 −2.47
IFP Letlhogile Setlhoko2,16542.21+8.47
Margin of victory79915.58−10.94
Turnout 5,12969.88+9.03
Registered electors 7,340
BDP hold Swing −5.47

1989 election

General election 1989: Ngami
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 3,244 60.26 +0.01
BIP Letlhogile Setlhoko1,82633.74−6.01
BNF Reuben Ndjakarana3236.00N/A
Margin of victory1,41826.52+6.02
Turnout 5,38360.85−14.99
Registered electors 8,847
BDP hold Swing +3.01

1984 election

General election 1984: Ngami
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 3,447 60.25 +2.67
BIP Motlapele Dikole2,27439.75−2.67
Margin of victory1,17320.5+5.34
Turnout 5,72275.84+13.73
Registered electors 7,545
BDP hold Swing +1.34

1979 election

General election 1979: Ngami
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 2,210 57.58 −15.22
BIP Motlapele Dikole1,62842.42+15.22
Margin of victory58215.16−30.44
Turnout 1,69862.11+27.58
Registered electors 6,179
BDP hold Swing −7.61

1974 election

General election 1974: Ngami [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 1,223 72.80 +11.75
BIP L. Kgosintwa45727.20−11.75
Margin of victory76645.6−23.5
Turnout 3,83834.53−14.71
Registered electors 4,917
BDP hold Swing +5.88

1969 election

General election 1969: Ngami [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 1,022 61.05 −36.39
BIP J. Gugushe65238.95N/A
Margin of victory37022.1N/A
Turnout 1,67449.24−72.78
Registered electors 3,400
BDP hold Swing −37.67

1965 election

General election 1965: Ngami [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 2,054 97.44
BPP L. M. Mgagani542.56
Margin of victory2,00094.88
Turnout 2,108N/A
Registered electors N/A
BDP win (new seat)

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