Ngami (Botswana constituency)
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Ngami | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
District | North-West District |
Population | 46,721[1] |
Area | 41,779 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
MP | TBD |
Ngami is a constituency in the North-West District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana.
Constituency profile
[edit]Ngami is one of the few constituencies created for the inaugural National Assembly elections in 1965 that has kept its name since then. From 1965 until the 2000s, Ngami was a safe seat for the BDP. The seat became more competitive from 2004 and in 2009 Goyamang Habano from the BAM (later merged with the BCP) was elected as the first non-BDP MP in the constituency. The BDP narrowly regained the constituency in 2014 by 48 votes from the BCP. In 2019, after the BCP joined the UDC, it regained the seat in the context of an opposition sweep in the North-West District. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:[2]
- Somelo
- Sehitwa
- Bodibeng
- Botlhatlogo
- Kareng
- Makakung
- Semboyo
- Tsau
- Habu
- Nokaneng
- Etsha1
- Etsha 6
- Etsha 13
- Qangwa
- Xaxa
- Gumare
- Tubu
- Jao
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1965 election | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | |
1969 election | ||
1974 election | ||
1979 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1989 election | ||
1994 election | Jacob Nkate | |
1999 election | ||
2004 election | ||
2009 election | Goyamang Habano | |
2014 election | Thato Kwerepe | |
2019 election | Caterpillar Hikuama |
Election results
[edit]2019 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UDC | Caterpillar Hikuama | 8,026 | 47.83 | −4.70 | |
BDP | Thato Kwerepe | 7,682 | 45.78 | −1.69 | |
AP | Ndobano Lokae | 560 | 3.34 | N/A | |
BPF | Lekopanye Ledimo | 514 | 3.06 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 344 | 2.05 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 16,782 | 99.96 | +1.12 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.04 | −1.12 | ||
Turnout | 16,789 | 83.14 | +0.23 | ||
Registered electors | 20,193 | ||||
UDC gain from BDP | Swing | −1.51 |
2014 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Thato Kwerepe | 7,063 | 47.47 | +0.96 | |
BCP | Goyamang Habano | 7,015 | 47.14 | −1.29 | |
UDC | Kebinang Moenga | 215 | 5.39 | +1.89 | |
Margin of victory | 48 | 0.33 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 14,880 | 98.84 | +1.02 | ||
Rejected ballots | 175 | 1.16 | −1.02 | ||
Turnout | 15,055 | 82.91 | +5.66 | ||
Registered electors | 18,159 | ||||
BDP gain from BCP | Swing | +1.13 |
2009 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BAM | Goyamang Habano | 6,836 | 48.43 | +14.54 | |
BDP | Jacob Nkate | 6,565 | 46.51 | +0.8 | |
BNF | Molatedi Molato | 494 | 3.50 | N/A | |
Independent | Diile Boikobo | 219 | 1.55 | ||
Margin of victory | 271 | 1.92 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 14,114 | 97.82 | +0.12 | ||
Rejected ballots | 315 | 2.18 | −0.12 | ||
Turnout | 10,851 | 77.25 | −3.11 | ||
Registered electors | 18,679 | ||||
BAM gain from BDP | Swing | +7.67 |
2004 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Jacob Nkate | 5,291 | 45.71 | −16.08 | |
BAM | Goyamang Habano | 3,922 | 33.89 | +3.89 | |
BCP | Geoffrey Ketjimambo | 2,361 | 20.40 | +16.11 | |
Margin of victory | 433 | 7.67 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 11,574 | 97.70 | +0.92 | ||
Rejected ballots | 272 | 2.30 | −0.92 | ||
Turnout | 11,846 | 80.36 | −0.18 | ||
Registered electors | 14,741 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −9.99 |
1999 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Jacob Nkate | 5,127 | 61.79 | +4.0 | |
BAM | Letlhogile Setlhoko | 2,489 | 30.00 | −12.21 | |
BCP | P. Mbaeva | 356 | 4.29 | N/A | |
BNF | G. P. Kadira | 326 | 3.93 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 2,638 | 31.79 | +16.21 | ||
Total valid votes | 8,298 | 96.78 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 276 | 3.22 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,574 | 80.54 | +10.66 | ||
Registered electors | 10,664 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −8.11 |
1994 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Jacob Nkate | 2,964 | 57.79 | −2.47 | |
IFP | Letlhogile Setlhoko | 2,165 | 42.21 | +8.47 | |
Margin of victory | 799 | 15.58 | −10.94 | ||
Turnout | 5,129 | 69.88 | +9.03 | ||
Registered electors | 7,340 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −5.47 |
1989 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 3,244 | 60.26 | +0.01 | |
BIP | Letlhogile Setlhoko | 1,826 | 33.74 | −6.01 | |
BNF | Reuben Ndjakarana | 323 | 6.00 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,418 | 26.52 | +6.02 | ||
Turnout | 5,383 | 60.85 | −14.99 | ||
Registered electors | 8,847 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +3.01 |
1984 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 3,447 | 60.25 | +2.67 | |
BIP | Motlapele Dikole | 2,274 | 39.75 | −2.67 | |
Margin of victory | 1,173 | 20.5 | +5.34 | ||
Turnout | 5,722 | 75.84 | +13.73 | ||
Registered electors | 7,545 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +1.34 |
1979 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 2,210 | 57.58 | −15.22 | |
BIP | Motlapele Dikole | 1,628 | 42.42 | +15.22 | |
Margin of victory | 582 | 15.16 | −30.44 | ||
Turnout | 1,698 | 62.11 | +27.58 | ||
Registered electors | 6,179 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −7.61 |
1974 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 1,223 | 72.80 | +11.75 | |
BIP | L. Kgosintwa | 457 | 27.20 | −11.75 | |
Margin of victory | 766 | 45.6 | −23.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,838 | 34.53 | −14.71 | ||
Registered electors | 4,917 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +5.88 |
1969 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 1,022 | 61.05 | −36.39 | |
BIP | J. Gugushe | 652 | 38.95 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 370 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,674 | 49.24 | −72.78 | ||
Registered electors | 3,400 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −37.67 |
1965 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Gaerolwe Kwerepe | 2,054 | 97.44 | ||
BPP | L. M. Mgagani | 54 | 2.56 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,000 | 94.88 | |||
Turnout | 2,108 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. pp. 5–6.
- ^ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. pp. 4–5.
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2019
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2014
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2009
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2004
- ^ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 1999
- ^ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.
- ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
- ^ Gossett, Charles W.; Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network (published 2009): 17. SSRN 2254423. Retrieved 2024-01-27.