Tati West

Tati West
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Boundary of Tati West in Botswana
DistrictNorth-East
Population30,910[1]
Major settlementsMasunga
Area2,110 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
Party  BDP
Created fromNorth-East
Abolished1974
Re-established2004
MPSimon Moabi
Margin of victory1,453 (11.5 pp)

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:[2]

  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:   BPP   BDP

Election Winner
1965 election Kenneth Nkhwa
1969 election
2004 election Mbiganyi Charles Tibone
2009 election
2014 election Biggie Butale
2019 election Simon Moabi

Election results

2019 election

General election 2019: Tati West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Simon Moabi 6,236 49.33 +6.40
UDC Makhani Tshepo 4,783 37.84 +4.47
BPF Biggie Butale 1,622 12.83 −30.1
Margin of victory 1,453 11.49 +1.93
Total valid votes 12,641 99.40 +0.19
Rejected ballots 76 0.79 −0.19
Turnout 12,717 88.64 +3.3
Registered electors 14,346
BDP gain from BPF Swing +5.44

2014 election

General election 2014: Tati West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Biggie Butale 4,510 42.93 −8.99
UDC Richard Gudu 3,506 33.37 −8.77
BCP Phillip Bulawa 1,671 15.91 +9.97
Independent Farayi Bonyongo 819 7.19 N/A
Margin of victory 1,004 9.56 −0.22
Total valid votes 10,506 98.43 −0.05
Rejected ballots 168 1.57 +0.05
Turnout 10,674 85.34 +9.43
Registered electors 12,507
BDP hold Swing −8.88

2009 election

General election 2009: Tati West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Mbiganyi Tibone 4,277 51.92 −5.64
BPP Richard Gudu 3,471 42.14 +4.47
BAM Christopher Phillime 489 5.94 N/A
Margin of victory 806 9.78 −10.11
Total valid votes 8,237 98.48 +0.43
Rejected ballots 127 1.52 −0.43
Turnout 8,364 75.91 −2.25
Registered electors 11,018
BDP hold Swing −5.01

2004 election

General election 2004: Tati West[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
BDP Mbiganyi Tibone 4,322 57.56
BPP Richard Gudu 2,829 37.67
BCP Albert Mosojane 357 4.77
Margin of victory 1,493 19.89
Total valid votes 7,509 98.05
Rejected ballots 149 1.95
Turnout 7,658 78.16
Registered electors 9,798
BDP win (new seat)

1969 election

General election 1969: Tati West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BPP Kenneth Nkhwa 1,604 59.41 +7.76
BDP G.E.N. Mannathoko 1,018 37.70 +11.62
BNF Knight Maripe 78 2.78 N/A
Margin of victory 740 42.28 N/A
Turnout 2,700 60.29 N/A
Registered electors 4,478
BPP hold Swing +9.69

1965 election

General election 1965: Tati West[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
BPP Kenneth Nkhwa 2,006 51.65
BDP J. Anderson 1,013 26.08
Independent G. E. N. Mannathoko 789 20.31
BIP A. M. Tshepe 77 1.96
Margin of victory 993 25.57
Turnout 3,884 N/A
Registered electors N/A
BPP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 12.
  2. ^ a b REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012.
  3. ^ Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
  4. ^ 2014 General Elections Report (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  5. ^ Report To The Minister Of Presidential Affairs And Public Administration On The 2009 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  6. ^ BOTSWANA GENERAL ELECTIONS 30th OCTOBER 2004 POLLING RESULTS (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
  7. ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
  8. ^ 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.