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Parliamentary constituency in the North-East District of Botswana, 1974–1994 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francistown was a constituency in North-East District represented by an MP in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1974 to 1994. The constituency, which encompassed Francistown city and the southern part of the North-East District, was created for the 1974 general elections and was dissolved in the 1992 redistribution of boundaries,[1] when it was divided in two new constituencies: Francistown East and Francistown West.[2]
Francistown | |
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Former Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
District | North-East |
Major settlements | Francistown |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Abolished | 1994 |
Created from | Francistown/Tati East |
Replaced by | Francistown East Francistown West |
As an urban constituency, Francistown generally tended to vote for opposition parties, but the split of votes between the BPP and the BNF made it easier for the BDP to narrowly win the constituency in the 1984 and 1989 elections.[2]
Election | Winner | |
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1974 election | Philip Matante | |
1979 election | Patrick Balopi | |
1984 election | ||
1989 election | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BDP | Patrick Balopi | 5,258 | 44.84 | −0.45 | |
BPP | Michael Modise | 3,732 | 31.83 | −12.18 | |
BNF | Raphael Sikwane | 2,735 | 23.33 | +13.56 | |
Margin of victory | 1,526 | 13.01 | +11.73 | ||
Turnout | 11,725 | 67.79 | −8.95 | ||
Registered electors | 17,297 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | +5.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Patrick Balopi | 4,613 | 45.29 | −7.86 | |
BPP | John Mosojane | 4,483 | 44.01 | −2.84 | |
BNF | Nehemiah Modubule | 995 | 9.77 | N/A | |
BPU | Aaron Omphile | 95 | 0.93 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 130 | 1.28 | −5.02 | ||
Turnout | 10,186 | 76.74 | +20.93 | ||
Registered electors | 13,274 | ||||
BDP hold | Swing | −2.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BDP | Patrick Balopi | 1,867 | 53.15 | +5.7 | |
BPP | Philip Matante | 1,646 | 46.85 | −5.7 | |
Margin of victory | 221 | 6.29 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,513 | 55.81 | +24.43 | ||
Registered electors | 6,295 | ||||
BDP gain from BPP | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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BPP | Philip Matante | 1,101 | 52.55 | ||
BDP | J. M. Ntuane | 994 | 47.45 | ||
Margin of victory | 107 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,195 | 31.38 | |||
Registered electors | 6,996 | ||||
BPP win (new seat) |
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