Okavango West

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Okavango West
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Okavango West (2024).svg
District North-West
Population26,716
Major settlements Shakawe
Area10,569 km2
Current constituency
Created2024
Party  BCP
Created from Okavango
MP Kenny Kapinga
Margin of victory 1,049 (11.1 pp)

Okavango West is a constituency in the North-West District 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 Kenny Kapinga of the Botswana Congress Party since.

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Constituency profile

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

  1. Etsha 13
  2. Ikoga
  3. Sepopa
  4. Nxamasere
  5. Shakawe
  6. Samochema
  7. Gani
  8. Tsodilo
  9. Nxauxau
  10. Chukumuchu
  11. Kajaja
  12. Jao

Members of Parliament

Key:  BCP

ElectionWinner
2024 election Kenny Kapinga

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Okavango West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BCP Kenny Kapinga 5,016 53.12
BDP Sekwaya Pikinini3,96742.01
BPF Tshenolo Kandonda4604.87
Margin of victory1,04911.11
Total valid votes9,44399.07
Rejected ballots890.93
Turnout 9,52278.97
Registered electors 12,058
BCP win (new seat)

References

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