Kanye South

Kanye South
Former Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Boundary of Kanye South in Botswana
DistrictSouthern
Population40,907
Major settlementsKanye
Area1,478 km2
Former constituency
Created1965
Abolished2024
Created fromKanye
Ngwaketse South (2004)
Replaced byKanye West
First abolition1984
Re-established2004

Kanye South was a constituency in the Southern District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana. Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat was subjected to significant boundary changes and was replaced by Kanye West, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]

Constituency profile

The seat was traditionally 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, encompassed the following villages:[3]

  1. Selokolela
  2. Lefhoko
  3. Sesung
  4. Seherelela
  5. Tsonyane
  6. Betesankwe
  7. Lotlhakane
  8. Kanye

Members of Parliament

Key:   BNF   UDC   BDP

Election Winner
1965 election Quett Masire
1969 election Bathoen Gaseitsiwe
1974 election
1979 election
2004 election Omphitlhetse Maswabi
2009 election Abram Kesupile
2014 election
2019 election Lemogang Kwape

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Kanye South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Lemogang Kwape 11,194 60.73 +16.38
UDC Victor Phologolo 6,753 36.64 −10.00
Independent Abram Kesupile 484 2.63 −44.01
Margin of victory 4,441 24.10 N/A
Total valid votes 18,431 99.21 +0.43
Rejected ballots 146 0.79 −0.43
Turnout 18,577 83.73 −1.41
Registered electors 22,188
BDP gain from UDC Swing +13.19

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

General election 1979: Kanye South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNF Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 4,831 68.96 +2.61
BDP Kebatshabile Disele 2,175 31.04 −2.61
Margin of victory 2,656 37.92 +5.22
Turnout 7,006 67.76 +29.64
Registered electors 10,340
BNF hold Swing +2.61

1974 election

General election 1974: Kanye South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNF Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 1,889 66.35 −4.79
BDP Kebatshabile Disele 958 33.65 +4.79
Margin of victory 931 32.70 −9.58
Turnout 2,847 38.12 −17.92
Registered electors 7,469
BNF hold Swing –4.79

1969 election

General election 1969: Kanye South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNF Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 1,245 71.14 New
BDP Quett Masire 505 28.86 −66.85
Margin of victory 740 42.28 N/A
Turnout 1,750 56.04 N/A
Registered electors 3,123
BNF gain from BDP Swing +69.00

1965 election

General election 1965: Kanye South[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
BDP Quett Masire 3,700 95.71
BPP D.P. Maruping 89 2.30
BIP M. Ketshabile 77 1.99
Margin of victory 3,611 93.40
Turnout 3,866 N/A
Registered electors N/A
BDP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. pp. 92–93.
  2. ^ "Abram Kesupile falls". Sunday Standard. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. pp. 74–76.
  4. ^ Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
  5. ^ 2014 General Elections Report (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  6. ^ Report To The Minister Of Presidential Affairs And Public Administration On The 2009 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  7. ^ BOTSWANA GENERAL ELECTIONS 30th OCTOBER 2004 POLLING RESULTS (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  8. ^ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.
  9. ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
  10. ^ 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.