Kgatleng East

Kgatleng East
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
District	Kgatleng
Population	37,566
Electorate	14,667
Major settlements	Mochudi Oodi Modipane
Area	3,477 km2
Current constituency
Created	1994
Party	BDP
Created from	Mochudi
MP	Mabuse Pule
Margin of victory	30 (0.3 pp)

Kgatleng East is a constituency in the Kgatleng District represented by Mabuse Pule, a BDP MP in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019.

Constituency profile

Kgatleng East was created from the former Mochudi constituency ahead of the 1994 general election. It was contested as Mochudi East in the 2014 and 2019 general elections, before being contested again as Kgatleng East from the 2024 general election onwards.

The constituency lies in the Kgatleng District and includes eastern parts of Mochudi and surrounding villages.

The constituency has the following localities:

1. Malolwane
2. Oodi
3. Modipane
4. Sikwane
5. Mmathubudukwane
6. Ramonaka
7. Ramotlabaki
8. Oliphant's Drift
9. Mabalane
10. Dikwididi
11. Part of Mochudi

Members of Parliament

Key:   BNF   BDP   UDC

Election	Winner
1994 election		Isaac Mabiletsa
1999 election		Isaac Davids
2004 election		Isaac Mabiletsa
2009 election
2014 election		Isaac Davids
2019 election		Mabuse Pule
2024 election

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Kgatleng East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Mabuse Pule	4,661	39.58	−22.49
	UDC	Nono Kgafela-Mokoka	4,631	39.33	+4.11
	BCP	Stephen Makhura	2,484	21.09	N/A
Margin of victory			30	0.25	−26.60
Total valid votes			11,776	96.44	−3.16
Rejected ballots			435	3.56	+3.16
Turnout			12,211	83.25	−3.95
Registered electors			14,667
	BDP hold		Swing	−13.30

2019 election

General election 2019: Mochudi East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Mabuse Pule	12,608	62.07	+28.03
	UDC	Bright Molebatsi	7,153	35.22	−3.88
	AP	Diane Moagi	550	2.71	N/A
Margin of victory			5,455	26.86	N/A
Total valid votes			20,311	99.59	+0.48
Rejected ballots			83	0.41	−0.48
Turnout			20,394	87.21	+1.15
Registered electors			23,386
	BDP gain from UDC		Swing	+15.96

2014 election

General election 2014: Mochudi East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDC	Isaac Davids	6,824	39.10	−3.83
	BDP	Mmachakga Moruakgomo	5,941	34.04	+1.68
	BCP	Isaac Mabiletsa	4,528	25.95	+1.24
	Independent	Japhta Radibe	159	0.91	N/A
Margin of victory			883	5.06	−5.52
Total valid votes			17,452	99.11	+0.22
Rejected ballots			156	0.89	−0.22
Turnout			17,608	86.06	+6.28
Registered electors			20,460
	UDC hold		Swing	−2.76

2009 election

General election 2009: Kgatleng East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNF	Isaac Mabiletsa	6,768	42.94	−0.93
	BDP	Isaac Davids	5,101	32.36	+1.40
	BCP	Phillip Monowe	3,894	24.70	−0.47
Margin of victory			1,667	10.58	−2.34
Total valid votes			15,763	98.90	+1.62
Rejected ballots			176	1.10	−1.62
Turnout			15,939	79.78	+0.98
Registered electors			19,978
	BNF hold		Swing	−1.17

2004 election

General election 2004: Kgatleng East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNF	Isaac Mabiletsa	5,066	43.87	+15.13
	BDP	Isaac Davids	3,575	30.96	−8.94
	BCP	Steven Makhura	2,907	25.17	−6.19
Margin of victory			1,491	12.91	N/A
Total valid votes			11,548	97.28	+5.69
Rejected ballots			323	2.72	−5.69
Turnout			11,871	78.80	−5.43
Registered electors			15,065
	BNF gain from BDP		Swing	+12.03

1999 election

General election 1999: Kgatleng East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Isaac Davids	2,968	39.90	−0.23
	BCP	Isaac Mabiletsa	2,333	31.36	N/A
	BNF	Steven Makhura	2,138	28.74	−31.13
Margin of victory			635	8.54	N/A
Total valid votes			7,439	91.59	N/A
Rejected ballots			683	8.41	N/A
Turnout			8,122	84.23	+4.07
Registered electors			9,643
	BDP gain from BNF		Swing	+15.45

1994 election

General election 1994: Kgatleng East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BNF	Isaac Mabiletsa	3,527	59.87
	BDP	Sidney Pilane	2,364	40.13
Margin of victory			1,163	19.74
Turnout			5,891	80.16
Registered electors			7,349
	BNF win (new seat)