Tati West

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Tati West
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Tati West Constituency (2014-2024).svg
Boundary of Tati West in Botswana
District North-East
Population30,910 [1]
Major settlements Masunga
Area2,110 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
Party  BDP
Created from North-East
Abolished1974
Re-established2004
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.

Contents

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]

Constituency profile

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]

  1. Vukwi
  2. Kalakamati
  3. Botalaote
  4. Toteng
  5. Mulambakwena
  6. Zwenshambe
  7. Nlapkhwane
  8. Mapoka
  9. Moroka
  10. Jackalas 1
  11. Ramokgwebana
  12. Kgari
  13. Pole
  14. Mosojane
  15. Letsholathebe
  16. Gulubane
  17. Matenge
  18. Masingwaneng
  19. Mambo
  20. Sechele
  21. Makaleng
  22. Gambule
  23. Gungwe
  24. Mbalambi
  25. Sekakangwe
  26. Masunga

Members of Parliament

Key:  BPP   BDP

ElectionWinner
1965 election Kenneth Nkhwa
1969 election
2004 election Mbiganyi Charles Tibone
2009 election
2014 election Biggie Butale
2019 election Simon Moabi

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Tati West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Simon Moabi 6,236 49.33 +6.40
UDC Makhani Tshepo4,78337.84+4.47
BPF Biggie Butale 1,62212.83−30.1
Margin of victory1,45311.49+1.93
Total valid votes12,64199.40+0.19
Rejected ballots760.79−0.19
Turnout 12,71788.64+3.3
Registered electors 14,346
BDP gain from BPF Swing +5.44

2014 election

General election 2014: Tati West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Biggie Butale 4,510 42.93 −8.99
UDC Richard Gudu3,50633.37−8.77
BCP Phillip Bulawa1,67115.91+9.97
Independent Farayi Bonyongo8197.19N/A
Margin of victory1,0049.56−0.22
Total valid votes10,50698.43−0.05
Rejected ballots1681.57+0.05
Turnout 10,67485.34+9.43
Registered electors 12,507
BDP hold Swing −8.88

2009 election

General election 2009: Tati West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BDP Mbiganyi Tibone 4,277 51.92 −5.64
BPP Richard Gudu3,47142.14+4.47
BAM Christopher Phillime4895.94N/A
Margin of victory8069.78−10.11
Total valid votes8,23798.48+0.43
Rejected ballots1271.52−0.43
Turnout 8,36475.91−2.25
Registered electors 11,018
BDP hold Swing −5.01

2004 election

General election 2004: Tati West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BDP Mbiganyi Tibone 4,322 57.56
BPP Richard Gudu2,82937.67
BCP Albert Mosojane3574.77
Margin of victory1,49319.89
Total valid votes7,50998.05
Rejected ballots1491.95
Turnout 7,65878.16
Registered electors 9,798
BDP win (new seat)

1969 election

General election 1969: Tati West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BPP Kenneth Nkhwa 1,604 59.41 +7.76
BDP G.E.N. Mannathoko1,01837.70+11.62
BNF Knight Maripe 782.78N/A
Margin of victory74042.28N/A
Turnout 2,70060.29N/A
Registered electors 4,478
BPP hold Swing +9.69

1965 election

General election 1965: Tati West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BPP Kenneth Nkhwa 2,006 51.65
BDP J. Anderson1,01326.08
Independent G. E. N. Mannathoko78920.31
BIP A. M. Tshepe771.96
Margin of victory99325.57
Turnout 3,884N/A
Registered electors N/A
BPP win (new seat)

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