Serowe North | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
District | Central |
Population | 37,879 [1] |
Major settlements | Serowe |
Area | 4,608 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | BPF |
Created from |
Serowe North East Serowe North West |
Abolished | 1999 |
Re-established | 2014 |
MP | Baratiwa Mathoothe |
Margin of victory | 1,038 (8.2 pp) |
Serowe North is a constituency in the Central District represented by Baratiwa Mathoothe, a BPF MP in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019.
Serowe North lies in the Central District and is primarily rural, with the main settlement being the village of Serowe. The constituency is part of the three historically safe BDP seats that flipped to the BPF and had an average swing of 76.7 pp towards the BPF. [2] This shift was attributed to the fact that the BaNgwato tribe, of which the Khama family is the royal family, resides in the Serowe area. Prior to Ian Khama's departure from the BDP, the constituency consistently voted for the party by significant margins. However, following the fallout between Ian Khama and President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Khama encouraged people in the Serowe region to vote for the newly formed BPF and this message strongly resonated with the locals. [3]
Serowe North was the constituency of Botswana's first President, Seretse Khama, from 1965 until a constitutional amendment stated that the sitting president could not simultaneously be an elected member of the National Assembly in 1974. As such, it was traditionally always one of the BDP's safest strongholds in the country, with the party rarely obtaining less than 90% of the vote there from its establishment ahead of the inaugural 1965 elections until its last election in 1999 before its abolition ahead of the 2004 elections. The constituency has the following localities:
Election | Winner | |
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1965 election | Seretse Khama | |
1969 election | ||
1974 election | Colin Blackbeard | |
1979 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1989 election | Roy Blackbeard | |
1994 election | ||
1998 by-election | Ian Khama | |
1999 election | ||
2014 election | Kgotla Autlwetse | |
2019 election | Baratiwa Mathoothe |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BPF | Baratiwa Mathoothe | 5,394 | 42.66 | New | |
BDP | Kgotla Autlwetse | 4,356 | 34.45 | –50.95 | |
UDC | Keaobaka Kgano | 1,656 | 13.10 | +3.62 | |
Independent | Dikgakgamatso Seretse | 926 | 7.32 | New | |
AP | Dods Selebego | 312 | 2.47 | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,038 | 8.21 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 12,644 | 98.97 | +0.01 | ||
Rejected ballots | 131 | 1.03 | –0.01 | ||
Turnout | 12,775 | 83.87 | +2.38 | ||
Registered electors | 15,231 | ||||
BPF gain from BDP | Swing | +46.81 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Kgotla Autlwetse | 9,611 | 85.40 | ||
UDC | Dods Selebogo | 1,067 | 9.48 | ||
BCP | Motswakhumo Basego | 576 | 5.12 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,544 | 75.92 | |||
Total valid votes | 11,254 | 98.96 | |||
Rejected ballots | 118 | 1.04 | |||
Turnout | 11,372 | 81.49 | |||
Registered electors | 13,955 | ||||
BDP notional hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Ian Khama | 5,430 | 92.02 | +4.72 | |
BNF | S. G. Ramaribana | 329 | 4.74 | −7.96 | |
BCP | Toro Lesego | 225 | 3.24 | −9.46 | |
Margin of victory | 5,101 | 87.28 | +12.68 | ||
Total valid votes | 6,946 | 96.19 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 275 | 3.81 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,221 | 73.27 | +10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,856 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +6.34 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Roy Blackbeard | 5,430 | 87.3 | −5.17 | |
BNF | Toro Lesego | 790 | 12.7 | +5.17 | |
Margin of victory | 4,640 | 74.6 | −10.34 | ||
Turnout | 6,220 | 63.07 | −5.39 | ||
Registered electors | 9,862 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −5.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Roy Blackbeard | 7,036 | 92.47 | −3.1 | |
BNF | Abednico Masalila | 573 | 7.53 | +3.1 | |
Margin of victory | 6,463 | 84.94 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,609 | 68.46 | −15.54 | ||
Registered electors | 11,114 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Colin Blackbeard | 8,033 | 95.57 | −3.53 | |
BNF | Modiri Khama | 372 | 4.43 | +3.53 | |
Margin of victory | 7,661 | 91.14 | −7.06 | ||
Turnout | 8,405 | 84.00 | +24.54 | ||
Registered electors | 10,006 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −3.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Colin Blackbeard | 4,352 | 99.10 | +0.25 | |
BNF | T. E. Kuhlman | 50 | 0.90 | −0.25 | |
Margin of victory | 4,302 | 98.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,481 | 59.46 | +22.42 | ||
Registered electors | 10,900 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +0.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Colin Blackbeard | 3,360 | 98.85 | |
BNF | T. E. Kuhlman | 39 | 1.15 | |
Margin of victory | 3,321 | 97.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,389 | 37.04 | ||
Registered electors | 9,149 | |||
BDP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Seretse Khama | Walkover | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,437 | |||
BDP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Seretse Khama | 5,909 | 98.47 | ||
BIP | K. K. Motshedisi | 53 | 0.88 | ||
BPP | K. T. Moletsane | 39 | 0.65 | ||
Margin of victory | 5,856 | 2.41 | |||
Turnout | 6,001 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |
Serowe North | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
District | Central |
Population | 37,879 [1] |
Major settlements | Serowe |
Area | 4,608 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | BPF |
Created from |
Serowe North East Serowe North West |
Abolished | 1999 |
Re-established | 2014 |
MP | Baratiwa Mathoothe |
Margin of victory | 1,038 (8.2 pp) |
Serowe North is a constituency in the Central District represented by Baratiwa Mathoothe, a BPF MP in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019.
Serowe North lies in the Central District and is primarily rural, with the main settlement being the village of Serowe. The constituency is part of the three historically safe BDP seats that flipped to the BPF and had an average swing of 76.7 pp towards the BPF. [2] This shift was attributed to the fact that the BaNgwato tribe, of which the Khama family is the royal family, resides in the Serowe area. Prior to Ian Khama's departure from the BDP, the constituency consistently voted for the party by significant margins. However, following the fallout between Ian Khama and President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Khama encouraged people in the Serowe region to vote for the newly formed BPF and this message strongly resonated with the locals. [3]
Serowe North was the constituency of Botswana's first President, Seretse Khama, from 1965 until a constitutional amendment stated that the sitting president could not simultaneously be an elected member of the National Assembly in 1974. As such, it was traditionally always one of the BDP's safest strongholds in the country, with the party rarely obtaining less than 90% of the vote there from its establishment ahead of the inaugural 1965 elections until its last election in 1999 before its abolition ahead of the 2004 elections. The constituency has the following localities:
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1965 election | Seretse Khama | |
1969 election | ||
1974 election | Colin Blackbeard | |
1979 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1989 election | Roy Blackbeard | |
1994 election | ||
1998 by-election | Ian Khama | |
1999 election | ||
2014 election | Kgotla Autlwetse | |
2019 election | Baratiwa Mathoothe |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BPF | Baratiwa Mathoothe | 5,394 | 42.66 | New | |
BDP | Kgotla Autlwetse | 4,356 | 34.45 | –50.95 | |
UDC | Keaobaka Kgano | 1,656 | 13.10 | +3.62 | |
Independent | Dikgakgamatso Seretse | 926 | 7.32 | New | |
AP | Dods Selebego | 312 | 2.47 | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,038 | 8.21 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 12,644 | 98.97 | +0.01 | ||
Rejected ballots | 131 | 1.03 | –0.01 | ||
Turnout | 12,775 | 83.87 | +2.38 | ||
Registered electors | 15,231 | ||||
BPF gain from BDP | Swing | +46.81 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Kgotla Autlwetse | 9,611 | 85.40 | ||
UDC | Dods Selebogo | 1,067 | 9.48 | ||
BCP | Motswakhumo Basego | 576 | 5.12 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,544 | 75.92 | |||
Total valid votes | 11,254 | 98.96 | |||
Rejected ballots | 118 | 1.04 | |||
Turnout | 11,372 | 81.49 | |||
Registered electors | 13,955 | ||||
BDP notional hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Ian Khama | 5,430 | 92.02 | +4.72 | |
BNF | S. G. Ramaribana | 329 | 4.74 | −7.96 | |
BCP | Toro Lesego | 225 | 3.24 | −9.46 | |
Margin of victory | 5,101 | 87.28 | +12.68 | ||
Total valid votes | 6,946 | 96.19 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 275 | 3.81 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,221 | 73.27 | +10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,856 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +6.34 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Roy Blackbeard | 5,430 | 87.3 | −5.17 | |
BNF | Toro Lesego | 790 | 12.7 | +5.17 | |
Margin of victory | 4,640 | 74.6 | −10.34 | ||
Turnout | 6,220 | 63.07 | −5.39 | ||
Registered electors | 9,862 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −5.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Roy Blackbeard | 7,036 | 92.47 | −3.1 | |
BNF | Abednico Masalila | 573 | 7.53 | +3.1 | |
Margin of victory | 6,463 | 84.94 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,609 | 68.46 | −15.54 | ||
Registered electors | 11,114 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Colin Blackbeard | 8,033 | 95.57 | −3.53 | |
BNF | Modiri Khama | 372 | 4.43 | +3.53 | |
Margin of victory | 7,661 | 91.14 | −7.06 | ||
Turnout | 8,405 | 84.00 | +24.54 | ||
Registered electors | 10,006 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −3.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Colin Blackbeard | 4,352 | 99.10 | +0.25 | |
BNF | T. E. Kuhlman | 50 | 0.90 | −0.25 | |
Margin of victory | 4,302 | 98.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,481 | 59.46 | +22.42 | ||
Registered electors | 10,900 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +0.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Colin Blackbeard | 3,360 | 98.85 | |
BNF | T. E. Kuhlman | 39 | 1.15 | |
Margin of victory | 3,321 | 97.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,389 | 37.04 | ||
Registered electors | 9,149 | |||
BDP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Seretse Khama | Walkover | N/A | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,437 | |||
BDP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Seretse Khama | 5,909 | 98.47 | ||
BIP | K. K. Motshedisi | 53 | 0.88 | ||
BPP | K. T. Moletsane | 39 | 0.65 | ||
Margin of victory | 5,856 | 2.41 | |||
Turnout | 6,001 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |