Goodhope-Mmathethe
| Goodhope-Mmathethe | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
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| District | Southern |
| Population | 59,183 |
| Major settlements | Goodhope |
| Area | 6,204 km2 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Party | Independent |
| Created from | Goodhope-Mabule Mmathethe-Molapowabojang |
| MP | Edwin Dikoloti |
| Margin of victory | 5,151 (18.9 pp) |
Goodhope-Mmathethe is a constituency in the Southern District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana by Edwin Dikoloti since 2024.
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency was created in 2024 after the merger of Goodhope-Mabule and Mmathethe-Molapowabojang following the decennial delimitation exercise held in 2022. With a population of just under sixty-thousand as of 2022, the constituency is the most populous in the country. It is the only constituency represented by an independent politician, the second time an independent has represented a constituency in Botswana after Nehemiah Modubule's victory in 2009.
The rural constituency encompasses the following locations:[1]
- Gathwane
- Digawana
- Lejwana
- Metlojane
- Borobadilepe
- Ditlharapa
- Hebron
- Mokgomane
- Dinatsahana
- Pitsane
- Mogojogojo
- Mokatako
- Phitshane Molopo
- Mmakgori
- Madingwana
- Tshidilamolomo
- Ramatlabama
- Phihetswane
- Tswagare
- Kgoro
- Goodhope
- Papatlo
- Rakhuna
- Metlobo
- Tswaanyaneng
- Tswaaneng
- Leporung
- Mmathethe
- Magoriapitse
- Tlhareseseleele
- Ngwatsau
- Mabule
- Lorwana
- Logagane
- Sheep Farm
- Sekhutlane
- Bethele
- Dikhukhung
- Marojane
- Pitsane Potlokwe
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key: Independent
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 election | Edwin Dikoloti | |
Election results
[edit]2024 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Edwin Dikoloti | 12,294 | 45.06 | ||
| BDP | Peggy Serame | 7,143 | 26.18 | ||
| UDC | Gaone Seleka | 6,513 | 23.87 | ||
| BCP | Lesego Gatogang | 878 | 3.22 | ||
| BPF | Mogomotsi Kaboeamodimo | 458 | 1.68 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,151 | 18.88 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,286 | 98.08 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 535 | 1.92 | |||
| Turnout | 27,821 | 83.46 | |||
| Registered electors | 33,333 | ||||
| Independent notional gain from BDP | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022.
- ^ "Dikoloti wins Goodhope - Mmathethe". DailyNews. 1 November 2024.