Maun North

Maun North is a constituency in the North-West represented in the National Assembly of Botswana. Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Dumelang Saleshando of the Botswana Congress Party, who is also the current Leader of the Opposition.^[1][2]

Maun North
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
District	North-West
Population	39,303
Major settlements	Maun
Area	21,522 km2
Current constituency
Created	2022
Party	BCP
Created from	Maun West Maun East Okavango
MP	Dumelang Saleshando
Margin of victory	5,707 (43.7 pp)

Constituency profile

The seat is predominantly rural, encompassing parts of northern Maun. The seat has the following localities:^[2]

1. Parts of Maun
2. Sankoyo
3. Shorobe
4. Khwai
5. Xaxaba
6. Mababe
7. Ditshiping

Members of Parliament

Key:   BCP

Election	Winner
2024 election		Dumelang Saleshando

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Maun North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BCP	Dumelang Saleshando	8,377	64.08
	BDP	Thato Elias	2,670	20.43
	UDC	Kebareeditse Ntsogotho	2,025	15.49
Margin of victory			5,707	43.66
Total valid votes			13,072	96.37
Rejected ballots			492	3.63
Turnout			13,564	77.51
Registered electors			17,499
	BCP win (new seat)