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Maun West
Maun West is a constituency in the North-West District (Botswana), North-West District. Constituency profile The constituency was created in 2002 following the dissolution of the Maun/Chobe constituency and its division in three (Chobe (Botswana constituency), Chobe, Maun East and Maun West). It was originally much smaller and its territory was based almost entirely on the city of Maun, Botswana, Maun. In 2004 Botswana general election, 2004 and 2009 Botswana general election, 2009 the constituency voted overwhelmingly for the Botswana Democratic Party, BDP candidates, Ronald Ridge and Tawana Moremi. Moremi defected from the BDP in 2010 to join the Botswana Movement for Democracy, which later formed the Umbrella for Democratic Change coalition. In 2012 the constituency was expanded with surrounding rural areas of Maun East and Ngami (Botswana constituency), Ngami. Moremi was re-elected in 2014 Botswana general election, 2014 as a UDC candidate. In 2019 Botswana general election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-member District
A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner voting, winner-takes-all, or single-member constituencies. A number of electoral systems use single-member districts, including plurality voting (first-past-the-post), two-round systems, instant-runoff voting (IRV), approval voting, range voting, Borda count, and Condorcet methods (such as the Minimax Condorcet, Schulze method, and Ranked Pairs). Of these, plurality and runoff voting are the most common. In some countries, such as Australia and India, members of the lower house of parliament are elected from single-member districts; and members of the upper house are elected from multi-member districts. In some other countries like Singapore, members of parliament can be elected from both single-member districts as well as multi-member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |