Tati West

Tati West is a constituency in the North-East District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2024 by Justin Hunyepa a UDC MP.

Tati West
Single-member constituency for the National Assembly
District	North-East
Population	30,910
Major settlements	Masunga
Area	2,110 km2
Current constituency
Created	1965
Party	UDC
Created from	North-East
Abolished	1974
Re-established	2004
MP	Justin Hunyepa
Margin of victory	3,495 (26.0 pp)

The constituency existed between 1965 and 1974, when it was replaced by North-East constituency after two elections. It was restored in 2002 for the 2004 elections and acquired its current boundaries in 2012 with slight changes in 2022.^[1]

Constituency profile

In the 1965 and 1969 elections the constituency voted for the opposition BPP candidate, Kenneth Nkhwa. After its re-establishment in 2004, it has remained a generally marginal seat for the BDP, with BPP (later an UDC coalition member) as main challenger. In 2019 its MP Biggie Butale defected from the BDP to become president of the Botswana Patriotic Front, but he decisively lost the seat in the election of the same year. It was won by the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change in the 2024 election amongst a strong national swing against the BDP. The constituency, predominantly rural, encompasses the following villages:^[2]

1. Masunga
2. Vukwi
3. Kalakamati
4. Botalaote
5. Toteng
6. Mosojane
7. Moroka
8. Letsholathebe
9. Gulubane
10. Matenge

Members of Parliament

Key:   BPP   BDP   UDC

Election	Winner
1965 election		Kenneth Nkhwa
1969 election
2004 election		Mbiganyi Charles Tibone
2009 election
2014 election		Biggie Butale
2019 election		Simon Moabi
2024 election		Justin Hunyepa

Election results

General election 2024: Tati West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDC	Justin Hunyepa	6,713	49.99	+12.15
	BDP	Simon Moabi	3,223	24.00	−25.33
	BCP	Leonard Mutheto	2,679	19.95	N/A
	BRP	Biggie Butale	813	6.05	N/A
Margin of victory			3,490	25.99	N/A
Total valid votes			13,428	99.37	−0.03
Rejected ballots			85	0.63	+0.03
Turnout			13,513	83.24	−5.40
Registered electors			16,233
	UDC gain from BDP		Swing	+18.74

2019 election

General election 2019: Tati West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Simon Moabi	6,236	49.33	+6.40
	UDC	Makhani Tshepo	4,783	37.84	+4.47
	BPF	Biggie Butale	1,622	12.83	N/A
Margin of victory			1,453	11.49	+1.93
Total valid votes			12,641	99.40	+0.19
Rejected ballots			76	0.79	−0.19
Turnout			12,717	88.64	+3.30
Registered electors			14,346
	BDP gain from BPF		Swing	+5.44

2014 election

General election 2014: Tati West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Biggie Butale	4,510	42.93	−8.99
	UDC	Richard Gudu	3,506	33.37	−8.77
	BCP	Phillip Bulawa	1,671	15.91	+9.97
	Independent	Farayi Bonyongo	819	7.19	N/A
Margin of victory			1,004	9.56	−0.22
Total valid votes			10,506	98.43	−0.05
Rejected ballots			168	1.57	+0.05
Turnout			10,674	85.34	+9.43
Registered electors			12,507
	BDP hold		Swing	−8.88

2009 election

General election 2009: Tati West^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BDP	Mbiganyi Tibone	4,277	51.92	−5.64
	BPP	Richard Gudu	3,471	42.14	+4.47
	BAM	Christopher Phillime	489	5.94	N/A
Margin of victory			806	9.78	−10.11
Total valid votes			8,237	98.48	+0.43
Rejected ballots			127	1.52	−0.43
Turnout			8,364	75.91	−2.25
Registered electors			11,018
	BDP hold		Swing	−5.01

2004 election

General election 2004: Tati West^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BDP	Mbiganyi Tibone	4,322	57.56
	BPP	Richard Gudu	2,829	37.67
	BCP	Albert Mosojane	357	4.77
Margin of victory			1,493	19.89
Total valid votes			7,509	98.05
Rejected ballots			149	1.95
Turnout			7,658	78.16
Registered electors			9,798
	BDP notional hold

1969 election

General election 1969: Tati West^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPP	Kenneth Nkhwa	1,604	59.41	+7.76
	BDP	G.E.N. Mannathoko	1,018	37.70	+11.62
	BNF	Knight Maripe	78	2.78	N/A
Margin of victory			740	42.28	N/A
Turnout			2,700	60.29	N/A
Registered electors			4,478
	BPP hold		Swing	+9.69

1965 election

General election 1965: Tati West^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BPP	Kenneth Nkhwa	2,006	51.65
	BDP	J. Anderson	1,013	26.08
	Independent	G. E. N. Mannathoko	789	20.31
	BIP	A. M. Tshepe	77	1.96
Margin of victory			993	25.57
Turnout			3,884	N/A
Registered electors			N/A
	BPP win (new seat)