Gaborone_South

Gaborone South

Gaborone South

Parliamentary constituency in the Gaborone City of Botswana


Gaborone South is a constituency in Gaborone City represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, a BDP MP.

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The constituency was originally created in 1984, following the division of the single constituency of Gaborone and has undergone multiple changes in its size and composition. Gaborone South was a safe seat for the BNF between 1984 and 2009.[2] It was the seat of Kenneth Koma, president of the BNF and leader of the Opposition between 1984 and 2003. In 2009 it was narrowly won by Kagiso Patrick Molatlhegi of the BDP and has since become in a marginal BDP seat. Molatlhegi was re-elected in 2014 and succeeded in 2019 by Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, also from the BDP.

The urban constituency encompasses the following locations:[3][4]

  1. Selemela
  2. Dilalelo
  3. Old Industrial
  4. White City
  5. Bontleng
  6. Boitshoko
  7. Mophato
  8. Old Naledi
  9. Babusi
  10. Village

Members of Parliament

Key:   BNF   BDP

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Election results

2019 election

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2014 election

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2009 election

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2004 election

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1999 election

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1994 election

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1989 election

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1984 election (rerun)

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1984 election

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References

  1. 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 58.

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