Parliamentary constituency in the Southern District of Botswana, 1965–1984, 2004 onwards
Kanye South |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly |
Boundary of Kanye South in Botswana |
District | Southern |
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Population | 40,907 |
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Major settlements | Kanye |
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Area | 1,478 km2 |
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Current constituency |
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Created | 1965 |
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Party | BDP |
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Created from | Kanye Ngwaketse South |
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Abolished | 1984 |
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Re-established | 2004 |
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MP | Lemogang Kwape |
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Margin of victory | 4,441 (24.1 pp) |
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Kanye South is a constituency in the Southern District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Lemogang Kwape, a Democratic Member of Parliament and current Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will be renamed Kanye West, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]
Constituency profile
The seat has traditionally been a marginal seat for the BNF,[2] consistently supporting it from its establishment until the BDP secured a landslide victory. This aligned with the broader success the BDP achieved in the Southern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:[3]
- Selokolela
- Lefhoko
- Sesung
- Seherelela
- Tsonyane
- Betesankwe
- Lotlhakane
- Kanye
Members of Parliament
Key: BNF UDC BDP
Election results
2019 election
2014 election
General election 2014: Kanye South[5] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| UDC | Abram Kesupile | 7,351 | 46.64 | −3.15 |
| BDP | Lemogang Kwape | 6,990 | 44.35 | +0.07 |
| BCP | Aldrine Madigele | 1,420 | 9.01 | +3.08 |
Margin of victory | 361 | 2.3 | −3.22 |
Total valid votes | 15,761 | 98.78 | +0.19 |
Rejected ballots | 194 | 1.22 | −0.19 |
Turnout | 15,955 | 85.14 | +7.60 |
Registered electors | 18,740 | | |
| UDC hold | Swing | −1.54 | |
2009 election
General election 2009: Kanye South[6] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| BNF | Abram Kesupile | 5,303 | 49.79 | −3.20 |
| BDP | Ashton Sealetsa | 4,716 | 44.28 | +7.58 |
| BCP | Pontius Mokgosane | 632 | 5.93 | −0.09 |
Margin of victory | 587 | 5.51 | −10.78 |
Total valid votes | 10,651 | 98.59 | +0.34 |
Rejected ballots | 152 | 1.41 | −0.34 |
Turnout | 10,803 | 77.54 | −0.16 |
Registered electors | 13,932 | | |
| BNF hold | Swing | −2.19 | |
2004 election
General election 2004: Kanye South[7] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| BNF | Omphitlhetse Maswabi | 4,505 | 52.99 |
| BDP | Leach Tlhomelang | 3,120 | 36.70 |
| BCP | Pontius Mokgosane | 512 | 6.02 |
| NDF | Seitshwenyeng Sebonego | 365 | 4.29 |
Margin of victory | 1,385 | 16.29 |
Total valid votes | 8,502 | 98.78 |
Rejected ballots | 151 | 1.22 |
Turnout | 8,653 | 77.70 |
Registered electors | 11,137 | |
| BNF win (new seat) |
1979 election
1974 election
1969 election
1965 election
References
- ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. pp. 92–93.
- ^ "Abram Kesupile falls". Sunday Standard. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. pp. 74–76.
- ^ Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
- ^ 2014 General Elections Report (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
- ^ Report To The Minister Of Presidential Affairs And Public Administration On The 2009 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
- ^ BOTSWANA GENERAL ELECTIONS 30th OCTOBER 2004 POLLING RESULTS (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
- ^ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.
- ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
- ^ Gossett, Charles W.; Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network (published 2009): 17. SSRN 2254423. Retrieved 2024-01-27.