Francistown/Tati East was a constituency in North-East District represented by an MP in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1965 to 1974. The constituency, which encompassed Francistown city and the southern part of the North-East District, was created for the first National Assembly election in 1965 and was dissolved in 1972 redistribution of boundaries, when a single constituency was created for Francistown and the rural areas of the District were unified into a separate constituency, North East.[1]
| Francistown/Tati East | |
|---|---|
| Former Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
.svg) Boundary of Francistown/Tati East in Botswana | |
| District | North-East |
| Major settlements | Francistown |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1965 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Replaced by | Francistown North-East |
The constituency was represented throughout its existence by Philip Matante, leader of the Botswana People's Party and first Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
Members of Parliament edit
Key: BPP
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 election | Philip Matante | |
| 1969 election | ||
Election results edit
1969 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPP | Philip Matante | 2,361 | 69.87 | −7.40 | |
| BDP | Peter Maruping | 1,265 | 30.13 | +7.40 | |
| Margin of victory | 1,096 | 39.74 | −16.28 | ||
| Turnout | 3,626 | 57.34 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 6,324 | ||||
| BPP hold | Swing | −7.40 | |||
1965 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPP | Philip Matante | 4,415 | 77.27 | ||
| BDP | G. Segopolo | 1,214 | 21.25 | ||
| BIP | R. Sewela | 85 | 1.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,201 | 56.02 | |||
| Turnout | 5,714 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | N/A | ||||
| BPP win (new seat) | |||||
References edit
- ^ 1972 DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES
- ^ "Report on the General Elections 1969" (PDF). 1969.
- ^ 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.