Jwaneng-Mabutsane Explained

Jwaneng-Mabutsane
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Mephato Reatile
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:3,000 (19.99 pp)
Population:45,604
Towns:Jwaneng
Year:2014
Previous:Ngwaketse West
Party: BPF

Jwaneng-Mabutsane is a constituency in the Southern District of Botswana represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Mephato Reatile a Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) MP and current leader of the BPF.

Constituency profile

The seat's predecessor, Ngwaketse West was a marginal seat for the Botswana National Front from the 2004 election up to its dissolution at the 2012 delimitation exercise, the seat continued this trend by voting for the Umbrella for Democratic Change in the 2014 election. Aligned with the broader success the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) achieved in the southern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election, the constituency voted for the BDP by 20 percentage points. The constituency is predominantly rural with the mining town of Jwaneng being the largest population centre, it encompasses the following localities:[1]

  1. Morwamosu
  2. Kokong
  3. Itholoke
  4. Mabutsane
  5. Keng
  6. Khakhea
  7. Kanaku
  8. Sekoma
  9. Jwaneng
  10. Samane
  11. Thankane
  12. Mokhomba
  13. Mahotshwane
  14. Sese
  15. Kutuku
  16. Khonkhwa

Members of Parliament

Key:

width=100Electionwidth=175 colspan=2Winner
bgcolor=Shawn Ntlhaile
bgcolor=Mephato Reatile

Election results

2014 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012 . 81.