Kanye South Explained

Kanye South
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Lemogang Kwape
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:4,441 (24.1 pp)
Population:40,907
Towns:Kanye
Year:1965
Blank1 Name:Abolished
Blank1 Info:1984
Blank2 Name:Re-established
Blank2 Info:2004
Previous:Kanye
Ngwaketse South
Party: BDP

Kanye South is a constituency in the Southern District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Lemogang Kwape, a Democratic Member of Parliament and current Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will be renamed Kanye West, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]

Constituency profile

The seat has traditionally been a marginal seat for the BNF,[2] consistently supporting it from its establishment until the BDP secured a landslide victory. This aligned with the broader success the BDP achieved in the Southern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:[3]

  1. Selokolela
  2. Lefhoko
  3. Sesung
  4. Seherelela
  5. Tsonyane
  6. Betesankwe
  7. Lotlhakane
  8. Kanye

Members of Parliament

Key:

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bgcolor=Abram Kesupile
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bgcolor=Lemogang Kwape

Election results

1965 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022 . 92–93.
  2. News: 10 August 2018 . Abram Kesupile falls . 26 January 2024 . Sunday Standard.
  3. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012 . 74–76.