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]
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]
Key:
width=100 | Election | width=175 colspan=2 | Winner |
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width=5 bgcolor= | Lemme Makgekgenene | ||
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bgcolor= | Thapelo Olopeng | ||
bgcolor= | Pono Moatlhodi | ||