Gaborone (Botswana constituency)

Gaborone was the constituency that represented the city of Gaborone in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1974 to 1984, following its separation from Gaborone/Ramotswa in 1972 and until its division in 1984 into two constituencies, Gaborone North and Gaborone South.^[1][2] It was represented by an MP in the National Assembly of Botswana, elected by first-past-the-post voting system.

Gaborone
Former Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
Boundary of Gaborone in Botswana
District	Gaborone
Major settlements	Gaborone
Former constituency
Created	1974
Abolished	1984
Created from	Gaborone/Ramotswa
Replaced by	Gaborone North Gaborone South

Members of Parliament

Key:   BDP

Election	Winner
1974 election		Welly Seboni
1979 election		Peter Mmusi

Election results

1979 election

General election 1979: Gaborone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Peter Mmusi	2,661	54.73	−18.58
	BNF	Kenneth Koma	1,973	40.58	+15.27
	BPP	Lingisisani Kula	228	4.69	N/A
Margin of victory			688	14.15	−33.82
Turnout			4,862	61.53	+31.07
Registered electors			7,902
	BDP hold		Swing	−16.93

1974 election

General election 1974: Gaborone^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BDP	Welly Seboni	1,195	73.31
	BNF	Kenneth Koma	413	25.34
	Independent	L. Kgang	22	1.35
Margin of victory			782	−47.97
Turnout			1,640	30.46
Registered electors			5,384
	BDP win (new seat)