| Serowe North | |
| Type: | Single-member |
| Parl Name: | National Assembly |
| Towns: | Serowe |
| Population: | 37,879[1] |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Blank1 Name: | Abolished |
| Blank1 Info: | 1999 |
| Blank2 Name: | Re-established |
| Blank2 Info: | 2014 |
| Blank3 Name: | MP |
| Blank3 Info: | Baratiwa Mathoothe |
| Blank4 Name: | Margin of victory |
| Blank4 Info: | 1,038 (8.2 pp) |
| Previous: | Serowe North East Serowe North West |
| Party: | BPF |
Serowe North is a constituency in the Central District represented by Baratiwa Mathoothe, a BPF MP in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019.
Serowe North lies in the Central District and is primarily rural, with the main settlement being the village of Serowe. The constituency is part of the three historically safe BDP seats that flipped to the BPF and had an average swing of 76.7pp towards the BPF.[2] This shift was attributed to the fact that the BaNgwato tribe, of which the Khama family is the royal family, resides in the Serowe area. Prior to Ian Khama's departure from the BDP, the constituency consistently voted for the party by significant margins. However, following the fallout between Ian Khama and President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Khama encouraged people in the Serowe region to vote for the newly formed BPF and this message strongly resonated with the locals.[3]
Serowe North was the constituency of Botswana's first President, Seretse Khama, from 1965 until a constitutional amendment stated that the sitting president could not simultaneously be an elected member of the National Assembly in 1974. As such, it was traditionally always one of the BDP's safest strongholds in the country, with the party rarely obtaining less than 90% of the vote there from its establishment ahead of the inaugural 1965 elections until its last election in 1999 before its abolition ahead of the 2004 elections. The constituency has the following localities:
Key:
| width=103 | Election | width=175 colspan=2 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Seretse Khama | ||
| width=5 bgcolor= | |||
| bgcolor= | Colin Blackbeard | ||
| bgcolor= | |||
| bgcolor= | |||
| bgcolor= | Roy Blackbeard | ||
| bgcolor= | |||
| 1998 by-election | bgcolor= | Ian Khama | |
| bgcolor= | |||
| width=5 bgcolor= | Kgotla Autlwetse | ||
| width=5 bgcolor= | Baratiwa Mathoothe | ||