Gaborone Bonnington South Explained

Gaborone Bonnington South
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Christian Greef
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:1,142 (10.9 pp)
District:Gaborone
Population:35,508[1]
Towns:Gaborone
Year:2012
Previous:Gaborone West North
Party: BDP

Gaborone Bonnington South is a constituency in Gaborone City represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Christian Greef, a BDP MP. With 13 km2, Gaborone Bonnington South is the smallest constituency of Botswana.

Constituency profile

The constituency was created in 2012, from the former Gaborone West South constituency. In 2014 it was won by the Umbrella for Democratic Change candidate, Ndaba Gaolathe. In 2019, following Gaolathe's defection from UDC to found the Alliance for Progressives,[2] he lost the seat to Botswana Democratic Party candidate Christian Ntuba Greef in a three-horse race.

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

  1. Difetlhamolelo Block 9
  2. Mafikana Phase 4
  3. Madirelo
  4. Mabudisa Phase 1
  5. Mafatswa
  6. Kgale View

Members of Parliament

Key:

width=100Electionwidth=175 colspan=2Winner
bgcolor=Ndaba Gaolathe
bgcolor=Christian Ntuba Greef

Election results

2014 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022. 58.
  2. http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=1655935149 BMD splits and Alliance for Progressives is born
  3. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022.
  4. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012.