Ngami (Botswana constituency)

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Ngami
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Boundary of Ngami in Botswana
DistrictNorth-West District
Population46,721[1]
Area41,779 km2
Current constituency
Created1965
Party  BCP
MPCaterpillar Hikuama
Margin of victory963 (2.1 pp)

Ngami is a constituency in the North-West District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Caterpillar Hikuama a BCP MP.

Constituency profile[edit]

Ngami is one of the few constituencies created for the inaugural National Assembly elections in 1965 that has kept its name since then. From 1965 until the 2000s, Ngami was a safe seat for the BDP. The seat became more competitive from 2004 and in 2009 Goyamang Habano from the BAM (later merged with the BCP) was elected as the first non-BDP MP in the constituency. The BDP narrowly regained the constituency in 2014 by 48 votes from the BCP. In 2019, after the BCP joined the UDC, it regained the seat in the context of an opposition sweep in the North-West District. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:[2]

  1. Somelo
  2. Sehitwa
  3. Bodibeng
  4. Botlhatlogo
  5. Kareng
  6. Makakung
  7. Semboyo
  8. Tsau
  9. Habu
  10. Nokaneng
  11. Etsha1
  12. Etsha 6
  13. Etsha 13
  14. Qangwa
  15. Xaxa
  16. Gumare
  17. Tubu
  18. Jao

Members of Parliament[edit]

Key:   BDP   BAM   UDC

Election Winner
1965 election Gaerolwe Kwerepe
1969 election
1974 election
1979 election
1984 election
1989 election
1994 election Jacob Nkate
1999 election
2004 election
2009 election Goyamang Habano
2014 election Thato Kwerepe
2019 election Caterpillar Hikuama

Election results[edit]

2019 election[edit]

General election 2019: Ngami[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UDC Caterpillar Hikuama 8,026 47.83 −0.69
BDP Thato Kwerepe 6,816 45.78 −1.69
AP Ndobano Lokae 560 3.34 N/A
BPF Lekopanye Ledimo 514 3.06 N/A
Margin of victory 1,210 2.05 N/A
Total valid votes 16,782 99.96 +1.12
Rejected ballots 7 0.04 −1.12
Turnout 16,789 83.14 +0.23
Registered electors 20,193
UDC gain from BDP Swing +1.19

2014 election[edit]

General election 2014: Ngami[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Thato Kwerepe 7,063 47.47 +0.96
BCP Goyamang Habano 7,015 47.14 −1.29
UDC Kebinang Moenga 215 5.39 +1.89
Margin of victory 48 0.33 N/A
Total valid votes 14,880 98.84 +1.02
Rejected ballots 175 1.16 −1.02
Turnout 15,055 82.91 +5.66
Registered electors 18,159
BDP gain from BCP Swing +1.13

2009 election[edit]

General election 2009: Ngami[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BAM Goyamang Habano 6,836 48.43 +14.54
BDP Jacob Nkate 6,565 46.51 +0.8
BNF Molatedi Molato 494 3.50 N/A
Independent Diile Boikobo 219 1.55
Margin of victory 271 1.92 N/A
Total valid votes 14,114 97.82 +0.12
Rejected ballots 315 2.18 −0.12
Turnout 10,851 77.25 −3.11
Registered electors 18,679
BAM gain from BDP Swing +7.67

2004 election[edit]

General election 2004: Ngami[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Jacob Nkate 5,291 45.71 −16.08
BAM Goyamang Habano 3,922 33.89 +3.89
BCP Geoffrey Ketjimambo 2,361 20.40 +16.11
Margin of victory 433 7.67 N/A
Total valid votes 11,574 97.70 +0.92
Rejected ballots 272 2.30 −0.92
Turnout 11,846 80.36 −0.18
Registered electors 14,741
BDP hold Swing −9.99

1999 election[edit]

General election 1999: Ngami[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Jacob Nkate 5,127 61.79 +4.0
BAM Letlhogile Setlhoko 2,489 30.00 −12.21
BCP P. Mbaeva 356 4.29 N/A
BNF G. P. Kadira 326 3.93 N/A
Margin of victory 2,638 31.79 +16.21
Total valid votes 8,298 96.78 N/A
Rejected ballots 276 3.22 N/A
Turnout 8,574 80.54 +10.66
Registered electors 10,664
BDP hold Swing −8.11

1994 election[edit]

General election 1994: Ngami
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Jacob Nkate 2,964 57.79 −2.47
IFP Letlhogile Setlhoko 2,165 42.21 +8.47
Margin of victory 799 15.58 −10.94
Turnout 5,129 69.88 +9.03
Registered electors 7,340
BDP hold Swing −5.47

1989 election[edit]

General election 1989: Ngami
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 3,244 60.26 +0.01
BIP Letlhogile Setlhoko 1,826 33.74 −6.01
BNF Reuben Ndjakarana 323 6.00 N/A
Margin of victory 1,418 26.52 +6.02
Turnout 5,383 60.85 −14.99
Registered electors 8,847
BDP hold Swing +3.01

1984 election[edit]

General election 1984: Ngami
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 3,447 60.25 +2.67
BIP Motlapele Dikole 2,274 39.75 −2.67
Margin of victory 1,173 20.5 +5.34
Turnout 5,722 75.84 +13.73
Registered electors 7,545
BDP hold Swing +1.34

1979 election[edit]

General election 1979: Ngami
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 2,210 57.58 −15.22
BIP Motlapele Dikole 1,628 42.42 +15.22
Margin of victory 582 15.16 −30.44
Turnout 1,698 62.11 +27.58
Registered electors 6,179
BDP hold Swing −7.61

1974 election[edit]

General election 1974: Ngami[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 1,223 72.80 +11.75
BIP L. Kgosintwa 457 27.20 −11.75
Margin of victory 766 45.6 −23.5
Turnout 3,838 34.53 −14.71
Registered electors 4,917
BDP hold Swing +5.88

1969 election[edit]

General election 1969: Ngami[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 1,022 61.05 −36.39
BIP J. Gugushe 652 38.95 N/A
Margin of victory 370 22.1 N/A
Turnout 1,674 49.24 −72.78
Registered electors 3,400
BDP hold Swing −37.67

1965 election[edit]

General election 1965: Ngami[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
BDP Gaerolwe Kwerepe 2,054 97.44
BPP L. M. Mgagani 54 2.56
Margin of victory 2,000 94.88
Turnout 2,108 N/A
Registered electors N/A
BDP win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. pp. 5–6.
  2. ^ REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION, 2012 (PDF). 2012. pp. 4–5.
  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. ^ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.
  9. ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
  10. ^ 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. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
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