Goodhope-Mabule Explained

Goodhope-Mabule
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Eric Molale
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:3,909 (23.9 pp)
Population:36,428[1]
Year:2014
Previous:Barolong
Party: BDP

Goodhope-Mabule is a constituency in Botswana represented in the National Assembly since 2019 by Eric Molale, a BDP MP and Minister of Transport and Public Works last elected in 2019.

Following the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat will be subject to significant boundary changes and will be renamed Goodhope-Mmathethe, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.

Constituency profile

The seat and its predecessors (Barolong and Lobatse/Barolong) have traditionally been strongholds for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), consistently supporting it from their establishment in 1965 until the 2014 election. The constituency was renamed from Barolong to Goodhope-Mabule after the 2012 delimitation process ahead of the 2014 elections, where it saw modest boundary changes. The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) notionally gained the seat from the BDP with a plurality in the 2014 election. However, in the 2019 election, the BDP reclaimed the seat, in alignment with the strong swings to the BDP in the southern parts of the country in that election. It is the southeasternmost constituency in the country, bordering South Africa.The predominantly rural constituency encompasses the following localities:[2]

  1. Sekhutlhane
  2. Mabule
  3. Tshidilamolomo
  4. Mmakgori
  5. Dikhukhung
  6. Leporung
  7. Phitshane Molopo
  8. Sedibeng
  9. Mokatako
  10. Hebron
  11. Ditlharapa
  12. Metlojane
  13. Goodhope
  14. Bethel
  15. Dinatshana
  16. Pitsane
  17. Tlhareseleele
  18. Tswaanyaneng
  19. Tswagare
  20. Mokgomane
  21. Rakhuna
  22. Ramatlabama
  23. Papatlo
  24. Phihetshwane
  25. Marojane
  26. Logagane
  27. Borobadilepe
  28. Madingwana
  29. Sheep Farm
  30. Ngwatsau
  31. Mogwalale
  32. Kgoro
  33. Molete
  34. Pitsanepotokwe

Members of Parliament

Key:

width=100Electionwidth=175 colspan=2Winner
bgcolor=James Mathokgwane
bgcolor=Eric Molale

Election results

2014 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022. 86.
  2. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012 . 70.