Maun West

Maun West is a constituency in the North-West District, represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Dumelang Saleshando. He currently serves as the president of the Botswana Congress Party and is a former Leader of the Opposition of Botswana.

Constituency profile

The constituency was created in 2002 following the dissolution of the Maun/Chobe constituency and its division in three (Chobe, Maun East and Maun West). It was originally much smaller and its territory was based almost entirely on the city of Maun. In 2004 and 2009 the constituency voted overwhelmingly for the BDP candidates, Ronald Ridge and Tawana Moremi. Moremi defected from the BDP in 2010 to join the Botswana Movement for Democracy, which later formed the Umbrella for Democratic Change coalition. In 2012 the constituency was expanded with surrounding rural areas of Maun East and Ngami. Moremi was re-elected in 2014 as a UDC candidate. In 2019, the UDC candidate was Dumelang Saleshando, leader of the BCP, winning by a large margin.

The constituency encompasses the following locations:

1. Nxaraga
2. Komana
3. Toteng
4. Xaxaba
5. Part of Maun
6. Ditshiping
7. Boro
8. Komoko
9. Daunara

Members of Parliament

Key:   BDP   UDC   UDC

Election results

2019 election

2014 election

2009 election

2004 election

References

1. Maun, Botswana
2. Maun Airport
3. Maun East
4. North-West District (Botswana)
5. 2024 Botswana general election
6. River Maun
7. 12th Parliament of Botswana
8. 9th Parliament of Botswana
9. 11th Parliament of Botswana
10. 10th Parliament of Botswana
11. Parliamentary constituencies of the 2014 Botswana general elections
12. Chobe (Botswana constituency)
13. CemAir
14. Danny Maun
15. History of cricket to 1725
16. Maun Senior Secondary School
17. Languages of Indonesia
18. Mansfield
19. 2023 Mansfield District Council election
20. List of hospitals in Botswana