Nkange (Botswana constituency)

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Nkange
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Nkange (2024).svg
District Central District
Population55,418
Major settlements Nkange
Area4,558 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
Party  BCP
MP Motlhaleemang Moalosi
Margin of victory 2,634 (12.2 pp)

Nkange is a constituency in the Central District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana by Motlhaleemang Moalosi a Botswana Congress Party (BCP) MP since 2024.

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Constituency profile

Situated in the northeast of the Central District of Botswana, the Nkange constituency was established in 1965 for the country's inaugural elections and is one of Botswana's longest extant constituencies.

The constituency was historically a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) stronghold. From 1965 to 2014, the BDP consistently garnered an average of 63% of the vote, with its predominance being strongly challenged by the Botswana Progressive Union in 1984, 1989 and 1994. Since the turn of the century, the BDP's decline continued to wane.

In 2019, echoing a broader trend within the district, a significant political realignment occurred in the country as Ian Khama, paramount chief of the Ngwato tribe fell out with the incumbent president, Mokgweetsi Masisi and leader of the BDP. This political discord had some impact on the constituency's voting patterns, though not as much as the more Ngwato-populated constituencies such as Shoshong but was nevertheless enough to flip the constituency to the Umbrella for Democratic Change. [1] [2] It was the first time an opposition party won Nkange. The UDC lost the seat to the BCP the seat in 2024, making it one of only two constituencies that did not return a sitting UDC MP that election; the other being Selebi-Phikwe West. This was due to Motlhaleemang Moalosi running an intensive campaign there.

The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages: [3]

  1. Maitengwe
  2. Nkange
  3. Senete
  4. Changate
  5. Dagwi
  6. Matobo
  7. Nswazwi
  8. Makuta
  9. Nshakashogwe
  10. Marapong
  11. Sebina
  12. Marobela
  13. Semitwe
  14. Mafhungo
  15. Hobona
  16. Goshwe

Members of Parliament

Key:  BDP   UDC   BCP

ElectionWinner
1965 election Obed Chilume
1969 election
1974 election
1979 election
1984 election
1989 election
1994 election
1999 election Ambrose Masalila
2004 election
2009 election Edwin Batshu
2014 election
2019 election Never Tshabang
2024 election Motlhaleemang Moalosi

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Nkange [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BCP Motlhaleemang Moalosi 9,337 43.11 N/A
UDC Never Tshabang6,70330.95−17.50
BDP Onkabetse Daniel5,13423.70−18.76
BPF David Vakalisa4862.24N/A
Margin of victory2,63412.16N/A
Total valid votes21,66099.11−0.19
Rejected ballots1940.89+0.19
Turnout 21,85481.40−3.14
Registered electors 26,847
BCP gain from UDC Swing +30.31

2019 election

General election 2019: Nkange [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UDC Never Tshabang 7,766 48.45 −0.65
BDP Ishmael Mokghethi6,80642.46−8.44
AP Edison Wotho1,4589.10N/A
Margin of victory9605.99N/A
Total valid votes16,03099.30+0.96
Rejected ballots1130.70−0.96
Turnout 16,14384.54−0.40
Registered electors 19,094
UDC gain from BDP Swing +3.90

2014 election

General election 2014: Nkange [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Edwin Batshu 6,461 50.90 −5.99
BCP Never Tshabang5,87446.28+3.17
UDC Bigani Kgomotso3582.82N/A
Margin of victory5874.62−9.16
Total valid votes12,69398.34+0.24
Rejected ballots2141.66−0.24
Turnout 12,90784.94+9.98
Registered electors 15,196
BDP hold Swing −4.58

2009 election

General election 2009: Nkange [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Edwin Batshu 6,094 56.89 +8.51
BCP Batisani Maswibili4,61843.11+6.92
Margin of victory1,47613.78+1.59
Total valid votes10,71298.10+0.44
Rejected ballots2071.90−0.44
Turnout 10,91974.96−3.52
Registered electors 14,567
BDP hold Swing +7.72

2004 election

General election 2004: Nkange [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Ambrose Masalila 4,246 48.38 −4.76
BCP Batisani Maswibili3,17636.19+15.57
BAM Gideon Kaelo1,35515.44+1.07
Margin of victory1,07012.19−20.33
Total valid votes8,77797.66+3.67
Rejected ballots2102.34−3.67
Turnout 8,98778.48+5.12
Registered electors 11,452
BDP hold Swing −10.17

1999 election

General election 1999: Nkange [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Ambrose Masalila 3,925 53.14 +1.66
BCP Batisani Maswibili1,52320.62N/A
BAM Gideon Kaelo1,06114.37N/A
Independent I. Mchinyi87711.87N/A
Margin of victory2,40232.52+23.07
Total valid votes7,38693.99N/A
Rejected ballots4726.01N/A
Turnout 7,85873.36−1.47
Registered electors 10,711
BDP hold Swing +11.14

1994 election

General election 1994: Nkange [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Obed Chilume 3,694 51.48 −6.49
BPU Oteng Balisi3,01642.03+6.01
BNF L. Gaothusi4656.48N/A
Margin of victory6789.45−12.50
Turnout 7,17574.83+8.10
Registered electors 9,588
BDP hold Swing −6.25

1989 election

General election 1989: Nkange [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Obed Chilume 3,518 57.97 +8.71
BPU Daniel Kwele 2,18636.02−7.09
BPP Simon Balole3656.01−1.62
Margin of victory1,33221.95+15.80
Turnout 6,06966.73−3.32
Registered electors 9,095
BDP hold Swing +7.90

1984 election

General election 1984: Nkange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Obed Chilume 2,875 49.26 −35.74
BPU Daniel Kwele 2,51643.11N/A
BPP Simon Balole4457.63−7.37
Margin of victory3596.15−87.78
Turnout 5,83670.05+24.74
Registered electors 8,331
BDP hold Swing −39.43

1979 election

General election 1979: Nkange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Obed Chilume 2,992 85.00 +3.50
BPP S.P.P. Balule52815.00−3.50
Margin of victory2,46470.00+7.00
Turnout 3,52045.31+8.41
Registered electors 7,769
BDP hold Swing +3.50

1974 election

General election 1974: Nkange [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Obed Chilume 1,097 81.50 +13.26
BPP S.P.P. Balule24918.50−1.35
Margin of victory84863.00+22.01
Turnout 1,34636.90−26.97
Registered electors 6,679
BDP hold Swing +7.31

1969 election

General election 1969: Nkange [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Obed Chilume 1,341 68.24 −19.61
BPP B. Duna39019.85+7.70
BNF D. Kwele20810.59N/A
BIP M. Lowane261.32N/A
Margin of victory95148.39−27.31
Turnout 3,42340.99N/A
Registered electors 4,794
BDP hold Swing −13.66

1965 election

General election 1965: Nkange [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BDP Obed Chilume 4,193 87.85
BPP O. Sinombe58012.15
Margin of victory3,61375.70
Turnout 4,773N/A
Registered electors N/A
BDP win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Seabo, Batlang; Nyenhuis, Robert (2021-11-23). "Botswana's 2019 General Elections: A Referendum on General Ian Khama" . African Studies Review. 64 (4): 854–883. doi:10.1017/asr.2021.69. ISSN   0002-0206. S2CID   244539238.
  2. ↑ "UDC wins Nkange constituency". DailyNews. 25 October 2019.
  3. ↑ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 21.
  4. ↑ "Moalosi wins Nkange constituency". DailyNews. 1 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2019
  6. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2014
  7. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2009
  8. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2004
  9. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 1999
  10. 1 2 Results by constituency
  11. ↑ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.
  12. ↑ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
  13. ↑ Gossett, Charles W.; Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network (published 2009): 54. SSRN   2254423 . Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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