Tati West is a constituency in the
North-East District represented in the
National Assembly of Botswana
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since
2019
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by
Simon Moabi a
BDP MP.
The constituency existed between 1965 and 1974, when it was replaced by
North-East
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after two elections. It was restored in 2002 for the
2004 elections and acquired its current boundaries in 2012.
Constituency profile
In the
1965 and
1969
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elections the constituency voted for the opposition
BPP
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candidate,
Kenneth Nkhwa. After its re-establishment in 2004, it has remained a generally
marginal seat
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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
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History
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, but he decisively lost the seat in the
same year election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:
# Vukwi
# Kalakamati
# Botalaote
# Toteng
# Mulambakwena
# Zwenshambe
# Nlapkhwane
# Mapoka
# Moroka
# Jackalas 1
# Ramokgwebana
# Kgari
# Pole
# Mosojane
# Letsholathebe
# Gulubane
# Matenge
# Masingwaneng
# Mambo
# Sechele
# Makaleng
# Gambule
# Gungwe
# Mbalambi
# Sekakangwe
# Masunga
Members of Parliament
Key:
Election results
2019 election
2014 election
2009 election
2004 election
1969 election
1965 election
References
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Botswana constituencies
Botswana constituencies in the North-East District
Constituencies established in 1965
1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate
Constituencies established in 2004
2004 establishments in Botswana