Gaborone Bonnington North Explained

Gaborone Bonnington North
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Anna Mokgethi
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:2,438 (19.5 pp)
District:Gaborone
Population:56,875[1]
Towns:Gaborone
Year:2012
Previous:Gaborone West North
Party: BDP

Gaborone Bonnington North is a constituency in Gaborone City represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Anna Mokgethi, a BDP MP. With an area of 23 km2, Gaborone Bonnington North is the second smallest constituency of Botswana after Gaborone Bonnington South.

Constituency profile

The constituency was created in 2012, from the former Gaborone West North constituency. In the 2014 elections the constituency was won by Duma Boko, leader and presidential candidate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change, who became leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. In 2019, however, Boko decisively lost his seat to Annah Mokgethi of the Botswana Democratic Party.[2]

The urban constituency encompasses the following locations:[3] [4]

  1. Segoditshane
  2. Broadhurst
  3. Taung
  4. Mabudisa Phase 1
  5. Ntloedibe Phase II
  6. Bokotelo
  7. Boseja Block 6
  8. Moroka Block 5
  9. Ditimamodimo Block 7
  10. Feya
  11. Central Business District

Members of Parliament

Key:

width=100Electionwidth=175 colspan=2Winner
bgcolor=Duma Boko
bgcolor=Anna Mokgethi

Election results

2014 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022.
  2. Web site: Massive vote rigging uncovered in Botswana elections, claims opposition leader Duma Boko. 2019-12-05. News24. en. 2019-12-15.
  3. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022.
  4. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012.