Kanye South | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
![]() Boundary of Kanye South in Botswana | |
District | Southern |
Population | 40,907 |
Major settlements | Kanye |
Area | 1,478 km2 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Party | BDP |
Created from | Kanye Ngwaketse South |
Abolished | 1984 |
Re-established | 2004 |
MP | Lemogang Kwape |
Margin of victory | 4,441 (24.1 pp) |
Kanye South is a constituency in the Southern District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Lemogang Kwape a BDP MP and current Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will be renamed Kanye West, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]
The seat has traditionally been a marginal seat for the BNF,[2] consistently supporting it from its establishment until the BDP secured a landslide victory. This aligned with the broader success the BDP achieved in the Southern parts of Botswana during the 2019 election. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:[3]
Election | Winner | |
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1965 election | Quett Masire | |
1969 election | Bathoen Gaseitsiwe | |
1974 election | ||
1979 election | ||
2004 election | Omphitlhetse Maswabi | |
2009 election | Abram Kesupile | |
2014 election | ||
2019 election | Lemogang Kwape |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Lemogang Kwape | 11,194 | 60.73 | +16.38 | |
UDC | Victor Phologolo | 6,753 | 36.64 | −10.00 | |
Independent | Abram Kesupile | 484 | 2.63 | −44.01 | |
Margin of victory | 4,441 | 24.10 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 18,431 | 99.21 | +0.43 | ||
Rejected ballots | 146 | 0.79 | −0.43 | ||
Turnout | 18,577 | 83.73 | −1.41 | ||
Registered electors | 22,188 | ||||
BDP gain from UDC | Swing | +58.19 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UDC | Abram Kesupile | 7,351 | 46.64 | −3.15 | |
BDP | Lemogang Kwape | 6,990 | 44.35 | +0.07 | |
BCP | Aldrine Madigele | 1,420 | 9.01 | +3.08 | |
Margin of victory | 361 | 2.3 | −3.22 | ||
Total valid votes | 15,761 | 98.78 | +0.19 | ||
Rejected ballots | 194 | 1.22 | −0.19 | ||
Turnout | 15,955 | 85.14 | +7.60 | ||
Registered electors | 18,740 | ||||
UDC hold | Swing | −1.54 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Abram Kesupile | 5,303 | 49.79 | −3.20 | |
BDP | Ashton Sealetsa | 4,716 | 44.28 | +7.58 | |
BCP | Pontius Mokgosane | 632 | 5.93 | −0.09 | |
Margin of victory | 587 | 5.51 | −10.78 | ||
Total valid votes | 10,651 | 98.59 | +0.34 | ||
Rejected ballots | 152 | 1.41 | −0.34 | ||
Turnout | 10,803 | 77.54 | −0.16 | ||
Registered electors | 13,932 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | −2.19 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BNF | Omphitlhetse Maswabi | 4,505 | 52.99 | ||
BDP | Leach Tlhomelang | 3,120 | 36.70 | ||
BCP | Pontius Mokgosane | 512 | 6.02 | ||
NDF | Seitshwenyeng Sebonego | 365 | 4.29 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,385 | 16.29 | |||
Total valid votes | 8,502 | 98.78 | |||
Rejected ballots | 151 | 1.22 | |||
Turnout | 8,653 | 77.70 | |||
Registered electors | 11,137 | ||||
BNF win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Bathoen Gaseitsiwe | 4,831 | 68.96 | +2.61 | |
BDP | Kebatshabile Disele | 2,175 | 31.04 | −2.61 | |
Margin of victory | 2,656 | 37.92 | +5.22 | ||
Turnout | 7,006 | 67.76 | +29.64 | ||
Registered electors | 10,340 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | +2.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Bathoen Gaseitsiwe | 1,889 | 66.35 | −4.79 | |
BDP | Kebatshabile Disele | 958 | 33.65 | +4.79 | |
Margin of victory | 931 | 32.70 | −9.58 | ||
Turnout | 2,847 | 38.12 | −17.92 | ||
Registered electors | 7,469 | ||||
BNF hold | Swing | 0.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNF | Bathoen Gaseitsiwe | 1,245 | 71.14 | New | |
BDP | Quett Masire | 505 | 28.86 | −66.85 | |
Margin of victory | 740 | 42.28 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,750 | 56.04 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,123 | ||||
BNF gain from BDP | Swing | +69.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BDP | Quett Masire | 3,700 | 95.71 | ||
BPP | D.P. Maruping | 89 | 2.30 | ||
BIP | M. Ketshabile | 77 | 1.99 | ||
Margin of victory | 3,611 | 93.40 | |||
Turnout | 3,866 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | N/A | ||||
BDP win (new seat) |