Tati West | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
![]() Boundary of Tati West in Botswana | |
District | North-East |
Population | 30,910 [1] |
Major settlements | Masunga |
Area | 2,110 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | BDP |
Created from | North-East |
Abolished | 1974 |
Re-established | 2004 |
MP | Simon Moabi |
Margin of victory | 1,453 (11.5 pp) |
Tati West is a constituency in the North-East District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Simon Moabi a BDP MP.
The constituency existed between 1965 and 1974, when it was replaced by North-East after two elections. It was restored in 2002 for the 2004 elections and acquired its current boundaries in 2012. [2]
In the 1965 and 1969 elections the constituency voted for the opposition BPP candidate, Kenneth Nkhwa. After its re-establishment in 2004, it has remained a generally marginal seat for the BDP, with BPP (later an UDC coalition member) as main challenger. In 2019 its MP Biggie Butale defected from the BDP to become president of the Botswana Patriotic Front, but he decisively lost the seat in the same year election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages: [3]
Election | Winner | |
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1965 election | Kenneth Nkhwa | |
1969 election | ||
2004 election | Mbiganyi Charles Tibone | |
2009 election | ||
2014 election | Biggie Butale | |
2019 election | Simon Moabi | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Simon Moabi | 6,236 | 49.33 | +6.40 | |
UDC | Makhani Tshepo | 4,783 | 37.84 | +4.47 | |
BPF | Biggie Butale | 1,622 | 12.83 | −30.1 | |
Margin of victory | 1,453 | 11.49 | +1.93 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,641 | 99.40 | +0.19 | ||
Rejected ballots | 76 | 0.79 | −0.19 | ||
Turnout | 12,717 | 88.64 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 14,346 | ||||
BDP gain from BPF | Swing | +5.44 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Biggie Butale | 4,510 | 42.93 | −8.99 | |
UDC | Richard Gudu | 3,506 | 33.37 | −8.77 | |
BCP | Phillip Bulawa | 1,671 | 15.91 | +9.97 | |
Independent | Farayi Bonyongo | 819 | 7.19 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,004 | 9.56 | −0.22 | ||
Total valid votes | 10,506 | 98.43 | −0.05 | ||
Rejected ballots | 168 | 1.57 | +0.05 | ||
Turnout | 10,674 | 85.34 | +9.43 | ||
Registered electors | 12,507 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −8.88 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Mbiganyi Tibone | 4,277 | 51.92 | −5.64 | |
BPP | Richard Gudu | 3,471 | 42.14 | +4.47 | |
BAM | Christopher Phillime | 489 | 5.94 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 806 | 9.78 | −10.11 | ||
Total valid votes | 8,237 | 98.48 | +0.43 | ||
Rejected ballots | 127 | 1.52 | −0.43 | ||
Turnout | 8,364 | 75.91 | −2.25 | ||
Registered electors | 11,018 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −5.01 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BDP | Mbiganyi Tibone | 4,322 | 57.56 | ||
BPP | Richard Gudu | 2,829 | 37.67 | ||
BCP | Albert Mosojane | 357 | 4.77 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,493 | 19.89 | |||
Total valid votes | 7,509 | 98.05 | |||
Rejected ballots | 149 | 1.95 | |||
Turnout | 7,658 | 78.16 | |||
Registered electors | 9,798 | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BPP | Kenneth Nkhwa | 1,604 | 59.41 | +7.76 | |
BDP | G.E.N. Mannathoko | 1,018 | 37.70 | +11.62 | |
BNF | Knight Maripe | 78 | 2.78 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 740 | 42.28 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,700 | 60.29 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,478 | ||||
BPP hold | Swing | +9.69 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BPP | Kenneth Nkhwa | 2,006 | 51.65 | ||
BDP | J. Anderson | 1,013 | 26.08 | ||
Independent | G. E. N. Mannathoko | 789 | 20.31 | ||
BIP | A. M. Tshepe | 77 | 1.96 | ||
Margin of victory | 993 | 25.57 | |||
Turnout | 3,884 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
BPP win (new seat) |
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