Tonota (Botswana constituency) explained

Tonota
Type:Single-member
Parl Name:National Assembly
Blank3 Name:MP
Blank3 Info:Pono Moatlhodi
Blank4 Name:Margin of victory
Blank4 Info:1,239 (8.0 pp)
Population:46,284[1]
Towns:Tonota
Year:1965
Previous:Tonota North
Tonota South
Blank1 Name:Abolished
Blank1 Info:1999
Blank2 Name:Re-established
Blank2 Info:2014
Party: BDP

Tonota is a constituency in Botswana represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Pono Moatlhodi a BDP MP serving as the Deputy-Speaker of the National Assembly since July 2021.[2]

Constituency profile

The seat has traditionally been a stronghold for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), consistently supporting it from its establishment in 1965 until its abolition after the 1999 elections. The constituency was re-established ahead of the 2014 elections and the BDP notionally held the seat. However, in the 2019 election, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) won the seat, marking the first time an opposition party had secured victory in the seat and its predecessors, Tonota South and Tonota North. This win aligned with the broader success the UDC achieved in the northern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election.

The predominantly rural constituency encompasses the following localities:[3]

  1. Tonota
      1. Serule Mandunyane Borotsi
  2. Foley
    1. Gojwane Sese
  3. Makomoto

Members of Parliament

Key:

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Election results

1965 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT . 2022. 25.
  2. Web site: Mompati Tlhankane . Moatlhodi takes over as Deputy Speaker . mmegi.bw . 6 July 2021 . 22 June 2024.
  3. Book: REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 . 2012 . 26.