Maun East Explained

Maun East
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Goretetse Kekgonegile
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:627 (4.2 pp)
Population:47,600[1]
Year:2002
Party: BCP

Maun East is a constituency in the North-West District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Goretetse Kekgonegile a BCP MP.

Constituency profile

The constituency was created in 2002 following the dissolution of the Maun/Chobe constituency and its division in three (Chobe, Maun East and Maun West).[2] It originally consisted mostly of the rural area of Maun. In 2012 part of its territory was added to Maun West. The constituency voted for BDP until 2019, when the UDC won. The constituency encompasses the following locations:[3]

  1. Phuduhudu
  2. Chanoga
  3. Matlapana
  4. Matsaudi
  5. Shorobe
  6. Sankoyo
  7. Mababe
  8. Khwai
  9. Makalamabedi
  10. Part of Maun

Members of Parliament

Key:

width=100Electionwidth=175 colspan=2Winner
bgcolor=Frank Ramsden
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bgcolor=Konstantinos Markus
bgcolor=Goretetse Kekgonegile

Election results

2004 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022 . 2.
  2. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012 . 74–76.
  3. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022 . 3.