Tati West Explained

Tati West
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Simon Moabi
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:1,453 (11.5 pp)
Population:30,910[1]
Towns:Masunga
Year:1965
Blank1 Name:Abolished
Blank1 Info:1974
Blank2 Name:Re-established
Blank2 Info:2004
Previous:North-East
Party: BDP

Tati West is a constituency in the North-East District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Simon Moabi a BDP MP.

The constituency existed between 1965 and 1974, when it was replaced by North-East after two elections. It was restored in 2002 for the 2004 elections and acquired its current boundaries in 2012.[2]

Constituency profile

In the 1965 and 1969 elections the constituency voted for the opposition BPP candidate, Kenneth Nkhwa. After its re-establishment in 2004, it has remained a generally marginal seat for the BDP, with BPP (later an UDC coalition member) as main challenger. In 2019 its MP Biggie Butale defected from the BDP to become president of the Botswana Patriotic Front, but he decisively lost the seat in the same year election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:[3]

  1. Vukwi
  2. Kalakamati
  3. Botalaote
  4. Toteng
  5. Mulambakwena
  6. Zwenshambe
  7. Nlapkhwane
  8. Mapoka
  9. Moroka
  10. Jackalas 1
  11. Ramokgwebana
  12. Kgari
  13. Pole
  14. Mosojane
  15. Letsholathebe
  16. Gulubane
  17. Matenge
  18. Masingwaneng
  19. Mambo
  20. Sechele
  21. Makaleng
  22. Gambule
  23. Gungwe
  24. Mbalambi
  25. Sekakangwe
  26. Masunga

Members of Parliament

Key:

width=100Electionwidth=175 colspan=2Winner
bgcolor=Kenneth Nkhwa
width=5 bgcolor=
width=5 bgcolor=Mbiganyi Charles Tibone
bgcolor=
bgcolor=Biggie Butale
bgcolor=Simon Moabi

Election results

1965 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022. 12.
  2. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012.
  3. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012.