Gaborone North Explained

Gaborone North
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Mpho Balopi
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:4,536 (28.6 pp)
District:Gaborone
Population:70,395[1]
Towns:Gaborone
Year:1984
Previous:Gaborone
Party: BDP

Gaborone North is a constituency in Gaborone City represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Mpho Balopi, a BDP MP.

Constituency profile

The constituency was originally created in 1984, following the division of the single constituency of Gaborone and has undergone multiple changes in its size and composition. Gaborone North was a safe seat for the BNF between 1984 and 2004. In the 1989 and 1994 elections it became the constituency where the BNF won by the largest margin.[2] In 2004 it became a competitive seat between the BDP and the BNF (and later the UDC).

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

  1. Tsholofelo
  2. Tawana
  3. Tshweneng
  4. Phiring
  5. Ledumang
  6. Phokoje
  7. Gaborone West Block 10
  8. Tsholofelo Extension
  9. Marapoathutwa – Block 8
  10. Glen Valley
  11. Sebele
  12. Phakalane
  13. Gaborone North
  14. Sir Seretse Khama Airport
  15. Ledumadumane

Members of Parliament

Key:

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width=5 bgcolor=Michael Mzwinila
width=5 bgcolor=Keletso Rakhudu
bgcolor=
bgcolor=Haskins Nkaigwa
bgcolor=Mpho Balopi

Election results

1984 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022. 58.
  2. https://www.parliament.gov.bw/index.php/files/37/New-category/845/Road-to-Botswana-Parliament-January-2017.pdf Parliament of Botswana
  3. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022 . 92-93.
  4. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012 . 74-76.