Thamaga-Kumakwane

Thamaga-Kumakwane
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
DistrictKweneng
Population38,498
Electorate19,275
Major settlementsThamaga
Kumakwane
Area776 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
Party  BDP
MPPalelo Motaosane
Margin of victory2,191 (14.1 pp)

Thamaga-Kumakwane is a constituency in the Kweneng District represented by Palelo Motaosane, a BDP MP in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019.

Constituency profile

Thamaga-Kumakwane has existed since the inaugural 1965 general election, when it was contested as Kweneng South. The constituency has also been known as Thamaga, before being renamed Thamaga-Kumakwane from the 2014 general election onwards.

The constituency lies west of Gaborone and is anchored by the villages of Thamaga and Kumakwane. It occupies part of Botswana's south-eastern hardveld and forms part of the peri-urban and rural belt between the capital region and the wider Kweneng area. Its settlements include both commuter villages within Greater Gaborone and more rural communities.

The constituency is one of the BDP's last surviving strongholds. Like neighbouring Moshupa-Manyana, it has never returned a Member of Parliament from any party other than the BDP. This makes it one of the few existing constituencies in Botswana where the BDP has retained uninterrupted parliamentary representation since the first general election. In the 2024 general election, when the BDP suffered its first national defeat and won only four elected constituencies, Thamaga-Kumakwane was one of two constituencies where the party won with an outright majority of the vote.

The constituency has the following localities:[1]

  1. Thamaga
  2. Kumakwane
  3. Ramaphatle
  4. Gakgatla
  5. Kubung

Members of Parliament

Key:   BDP

Election Winner
1965 election Johnson Nkoane
1969 election
1974 election Peter Mmusi
1979 election Englishman Kgabo
1984 election
1989 election Peter Mmusi
1994 election Gladys Kokorwe
1999 election
2004 election
2009 election John Seakgosing
2014 election Tshenolo Mabeo
2019 election Palelo Motaosane
2024 election

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Thamaga-Kumakwane[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Palelo Motaosane 8,310 53.29 −24.15
UDC Kopano Rannatshe 6,119 39.24 +19.96
BCP Seatla Mookodi 1,166 7.48 N/A
Margin of victory 2,191 14.05 −44.11
Total valid votes 15,595 98.66 −0.61
Rejected ballots 212 1.34 +0.61
Turnout 15,807 82.01 −4.91
Registered electors 19,275
BDP hold Swing −22.05

2019 election

General election 2019: Thamaga-Kumakwane[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Palelo Motaosane 13,461 77.43 +28.51
UDC Ofentse Khumomotse 3,351 19.28 −24.29
AP Marie Sola 347 2.00 N/A
Independent Kopano Rannatshe 180 1.04 N/A
Independent Guy Mollentze 45 0.26 N/A
Margin of victory 10,110 58.16 +52.81
Total valid votes 17,384 99.27 +0.64
Rejected ballots 128 0.73 −0.64
Turnout 17,512 86.92 +0.41
Registered electors 20,147
BDP hold Swing +26.40

2014 election

General election 2014: Thamaga-Kumakwane[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Tshenolo Mabeo 7,053 48.92 −8.63
UDC Kopano Rannatshe 6,281 43.57 +1.12
BCP Duke Molelekedi 874 6.06 N/A
Independent Thomas Motlogelwa 105 0.73 N/A
Independent Marie Sola 104 0.72 N/A
Margin of victory 772 5.35 −9.75
Total valid votes 14,417 98.63 +1.01
Rejected ballots 200 1.37 −1.01
Turnout 14,617 86.51 +6.77
Registered electors 16,896
BDP hold Swing −4.87

2009 election

General election 2009: Kweneng South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP John Seakgosing 7,683 57.55 +8.32
BNF Kopano Rannatshe 5,667 42.45 +4.92
Margin of victory 2,016 15.10 +3.40
Total valid votes 13,350 97.62 −0.17
Rejected ballots 325 2.38 +0.17
Turnout 13,675 79.74 +2.01
Registered electors 17,150
BDP hold Swing +1.70

2004 election

General election 2004: Kweneng South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gladys Kokorwe 4,658 49.23 −18.17
BNF Kopano Rannatshe 3,551 37.53 +8.48
BCP Duke Molelekedi 1,253 13.24 +9.69
Margin of victory 1,107 11.70 −26.65
Total valid votes 9,462 97.79 +0.86
Rejected ballots 214 2.21 −0.86
Turnout 9,676 77.73 −2.62
Registered electors 12,449
BDP hold Swing −13.32

1999 election

General election 1999: Thamaga[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gladys Kokorwe 5,793 67.40 +5.40
BNF E. Monare 2,497 29.05 −8.95
BCP G. Ntsatsi 305 3.55 N/A
Margin of victory 3,296 38.35 +14.35
Total valid votes 8,595 96.93 N/A
Rejected ballots 272 3.07 N/A
Turnout 8,867 80.35 N/A
Registered electors 11,035
BDP hold Swing +7.17

1994 election

General election 1994: Thamaga[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gladys Kokorwe N/A 62.00 −13.48
BNF E. Monare N/A 38.00 +13.48
Margin of victory N/A 24.00 −26.95
BDP hold Swing −13.48

1989 election

General election 1989: Kweneng South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Peter Mmusi 5,946 75.48 +1.76
BNF Murray Dipate 1,932 24.52 −1.76
Margin of victory 4,014 50.95 +3.52
Turnout 7,878 72.35 −10.69
Registered electors 10,888
BDP hold Swing +1.76

1984 election

General election 1984: Kweneng South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Englishman Kgabo 5,890 73.72 −6.41
BNF Diratsame Mosielele 2,100 26.28 +6.41
Margin of victory 3,790 47.43 −12.82
Turnout 7,990 83.04 +22.02
Registered electors 9,621
BDP hold Swing −6.41

1979 election

General election 1979: Kweneng South[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Englishman Kgabo 3,653 80.13 −3.52
BNF B. Mosielele 906 19.87 +3.52
Margin of victory 2,747 60.25 −7.05
Turnout 4,559 61.03 +34.21
Registered electors 7,470
BDP hold Swing −3.52

1974 election

General election 1974: Kweneng South[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Peter Mmusi 1,499 83.65 −1.44
BNF B. Mosielele 293 16.35 +8.16
Margin of victory 1,206 67.30 −9.60
Turnout 1,792 26.82 −24.79
Registered electors 6,683
BDP hold Swing −4.80

1969 election

General election 1969: Kweneng South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Johnson Nkoane 2,203 85.09 −5.90
BNF L. Sekgwa 212 8.19 N/A
BPP G. Sejabodile 174 6.72 −2.29
Margin of victory 1,991 76.90 −5.08
Turnout 2,589 51.61 −27.49
Registered electors 5,016
BDP hold Swing N/A

1965 election

General election 1965: Kweneng South[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
BDP Johnson Nkoane 5,321 90.99
BPP B. Segokotlo 527 9.01
Margin of victory 4,794 81.98
Turnout 5,848 79.10
Registered electors N/A
BDP win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ 2022 Delimitation Commission Report (PDF). 2022. pp. 70–71.
  2. ↑ Report to the Minister for State President on the 2024 General Elections. IEC Botswana. 2025.
  3. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2019
  4. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2014
  5. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2009
  6. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 2004
  7. ↑ Independent Electoral Commission - Botswana National Assembly, 1999
  8. 1 2 Results by constituency
  9. ↑ Botswana General Elections: Polling Results. Supervisor of Elections. 1984.
  10. ↑ Botswana General Elections: Polling Results. Supervisor of Elections. 1979.
  11. ↑ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.
  12. ↑ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
  13. ↑ Gossett, Charles W.; Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network (published 2009): 17. SSRN 2254423. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
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