Okavango East

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Okavango East
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Okavango East (2024).svg
District North-West
Population21,412
Major settlements Seronga
Area14,065 km2
Current constituency
Created2024
Party  BCP
Created from Okavango
MP Gabatsholwe Disho
Margin of victory 795 (9.3 pp)

Okavango East is a constituency in the North-West represented in the National Assembly of Botswana. Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat was first contested at the 2024 general election and has been represented by Gabatsholwe Disho of the Botswana Congress Party since.

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Constituency profile

The seat is predominantly rural and encompasses the following localities: [1]

  1. Gudigwa
  2. Beetsha
  3. Seronga
  4. Xakao
  5. Mohembo
  6. Kauxwi
  7. Tovera
  8. Sekondomboro
  9. Ngarange
  10. Mogotlho
  11. Gunotsoga
  12. Eretsha

Members of Parliament

Key:  BCP

ElectionWinner
2024 election Gabatsholwe Disho

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Okavango East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BCP Gabatsholwe Disho 4,267 50.11
BDP Bagalatia Arone3,47240.77
BPF Kelentshitse Tsima7779.12
Margin of victory7959.34
Total valid votes8,51699.14
Rejected ballots740.86
Turnout 8,59084.77
Registered electors 10,133
BCP win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Disho wins Okavango East". DailyNews. 31 October 2024.
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