Okavango | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
![]() Boundary of Okavango in Botswana | |
District | North-West District |
Population | 44,690 [1] |
Area | 32,095 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | BCP |
MP | Kenny Kapinga |
Margin of victory | 761 (5.13 pp) |
Okavango is a constituency in the North-West District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana by Kenny Kapinga a BCP MP.
Following the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the existing seat will be dissolved and replaced by two new constituencies, Okavango East and Okavango West , to be first contested in the upcoming 2024 general election. [2]
The Okavango constituency is located in the north of North-West Distritct and existed with the majority of its boundaries intact from the first inaugural elections in 1965 until 2024, making it one of the longest-running constituencies in Botswana's electoral history.
Throughout its existence, Okavango has generally remained an opposition stronghold, and the region that has voted the least for the BDP since Botswana's independence (the party only won the constituency in 1965, 1979 and 2004). Between 1969 and 1979 it was represented by the BIP, between 1984 and 1999 by the BNF, and from 1999 to 2024 it voted mostly for BCP candidates. In 2022, the delimitation commission recommended the division of Okavango into two constituencies, effectively dissolving the constituency.
The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages: [3]
Election | Winner | |
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1965 election | Tsheko Tsheko | |
1969 election | Motsamai Mpho | |
1974 election | ||
1979 election | Bailang Salepito | |
1984 election | Joseph Kavindama | |
1989 election | ||
1994 election | ||
1999 election | ||
2004 election | Vister Moruti | |
2009 election | Bagalatia Arone | |
2014 election | ||
2019 election | Kenny Kapinga | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UDC | Kenny Kapinga | 7,577 | 51.11 | –5.28 | |
BDP | Mbahahauka Kambimba | 6,816 | 45.98 | +2.38 | |
AP | Kabelo Mahupe | 432 | 2.91 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 761 | 5.13 | −5.95 | ||
Total valid votes | 14,825 | 99.10 | +0.47 | ||
Rejected ballots | 134 | 0.90 | −0.47 | ||
Turnout | 14,959 | 84.86 | +1.37 | ||
Registered electors | 17,628 | ||||
UDC hold | Swing | –1.45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BCP | Bagalatia Arone | 6,864 | 54.68 | −4.36 | |
BDP | Mbahahauka Kambimba | 5,473 | 43.60 | +2.64 | |
UDC | Vister Moruti | 215 | 1.71 | −39.25 | |
Margin of victory | 1,391 | 11.08 | −7.0 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,552 | 98.63 | +1.68 | ||
Rejected ballots | 174 | 1.37 | −1.68 | ||
Turnout | 12,726 | 83.49 | +6.89 | ||
Registered electors | 15,243 | ||||
BCP hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BCP | Bagalatia Arone | 6,211 | 59.04 | +14.0 | |
BDP | Vister Moruti | 4,309 | 40.96 | −7.07 | |
Margin of victory | 1.902 | 18.08 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 10,520 | 96.95 | +0.53 | ||
Rejected ballots | 331 | 3.05 | −0.53 | ||
Turnout | 10,851 | 76.60 | −6.48 | ||
Registered electors | 14,166 | ||||
BCP gain from BDP | Swing | +10.54 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Vister Moruti | 4,025 | 48.03 | +4.21 | |
BCP | Joseph Kavindama | 3,774 | 45.04 | +1.03 | |
BAM | Sakuze Otukeseng | 581 | 6.93 | −2.6 | |
Margin of victory | 433 | 7.67 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 8,380 | 96.42 | −3.33 | ||
Rejected ballots | 311 | 3.58 | +3.33 | ||
Turnout | 8,691 | 83.08 | −4.13 | ||
Registered electors | 10,461 | ||||
BDP gain from BCP | Swing | +1.50 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BCP | Joseph Kavindama | 4,308 | 44.01 | −7.01 | |
BDP | Vister Moruti | 4,226 | 43.18 | −8.10 | |
BAM | M. Kwamovu | 933 | 9.53 | +4.38 | |
BNF | S.A. Sitemo | 321 | 3.28 | −47.74 | |
Margin of victory | 82 | 0.83 | −15.11 | ||
Total valid votes | 9,788 | 93.09 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 726 | 6.91 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,514 | 78.95 | +11.49 | ||
Registered electors | 13,318 | ||||
BCP hold | Swing | −7.56 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Joseph Kavindama | 3,181 | 51.02 | +4.95 | |
BDP | Vister Moruti | 2,187 | 35.08 | +0.57 | |
IFP | M. M. Mogae | 1,392 | 13.91 | −5.5 | |
Margin of victory | 994 | 15.94 | +4.38 | ||
Turnout | 6,235 | 67.46 | +6.73 | ||
Registered electors | 9,242 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | +2.76 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Joseph Kavindama | 3,304 | 46.07 | +6.98 | |
BDP | Vister Moruti | 2,475 | 34.51 | +4.48 | |
BIP | Motsamai Mpho | 1,392 | 19.41 | −11.47 | |
Margin of victory | 829 | 11.56 | +3.35 | ||
Turnout | 7,171 | 60.73 | −12.05 | ||
Registered electors | 11,808 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | +5.73 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Joseph Kavindama | 2,719 | 39.09 | +35.12 | |
BIP | Motsamai Mpho | 2,148 | 30.88 | −4.87 | |
BDP | Bailang Salepito | 2,089 | 30.03 | −30.25 | |
Margin of victory | 571 | 8.21 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,956 | 72.78 | +14.55 | ||
Registered electors | 9,557 | ||||
BNF gain from BDP | Swing | +20.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Bailang Salepito | 4,099 | 60.28 | +12.13 | |
BIP | Motsamai Mpho | 2,431 | 35.75 | −16.1 | |
Independent | Joseph Kavindama | 270 | 3.97 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,668 | 24.53 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,800 | 58.23 | +33.07 | ||
Registered electors | 11,678 | ||||
BDP gain from BIP | Swing | +14.11 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BIP | Motsamai Mpho | 1,204 | 51.85 | −4.33 | |
BDP | Modisang Modisang | 1,118 | 48.15 | +4.33 | |
Margin of victory | 85 | 3.7 | −8.66 | ||
Turnout | 2,322 | 25.16 | −22.11 | ||
Registered electors | 9,230 | ||||
BIP hold | Swing | −4.33 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BIP | Motsamai Mpho | 1,923 | 56.18 | +9.84 | |
BDP | Tsheko Tsheko | 1,500 | 43.82 | −9.84 | |
Margin of victory | 423 | 12.36 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,423 | 47.27 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,241 | ||||
BIP gain from BDP | Swing | +9.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BDP | Tsheko Tsheko | 1,929 | 53.66 | ||
BIP | Motsamai Mpho | 1,666 | 46.34 | ||
Margin of victory | 263 | 7.32 | |||
Turnout | 3,595 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |
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