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Francistown (Botswana constituency)

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Francistown
Former Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Boundary of Francistown in Botswana
DistrictNorth-East
Major settlementsFrancistown
Former constituency
Created1974
Abolished1994
Created fromFrancistown/Tati East
Replaced byFrancistown East
Francistown West

Francistown was a constituency in North-East District represented by an MP in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1974 to 1994. The constituency, which encompassed Francistown city and the southern part of the North-East District, was created for the 1974 general elections and was dissolved in the 1992 redistribution of boundaries,[1] when it was divided in two new constituencies: Francistown East and Francistown West.[2]

As an urban constituency, Francistown generally tended to vote for opposition parties, but the split of votes between the BPP and the BNF made it easier for the BDP to narrowly win the constituency in the 1984 and 1989 elections.[2]

Members of Parliament

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Key:   BPP   BDP

Election Winner
1974 election Philip Matante
1979 election Patrick Balopi
1984 election
1989 election

Election results

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1989 election

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General election 1989: Francistown[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Patrick Balopi 5,258 44.84 −0.45
BPP Michael Modise 3,732 31.83 −12.18
BNF Raphael Sikwane 2,735 23.33 +13.56
Margin of victory 1,526 13.01 +11.73
Turnout 11,725 67.79 −8.95
Registered electors 17,297
BDP hold Swing +5.87

1984 election

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General election 1984: Francistown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Patrick Balopi 4,613 45.29 −7.86
BPP John Mosojane 4,483 44.01 −2.84
BNF Nehemiah Modubule 995 9.77 N/A
BPU Aaron Omphile 95 0.93 N/A
Margin of victory 130 1.28 −5.02
Turnout 10,186 76.74 +20.93
Registered electors 13,274
BDP hold Swing −2.51

1979 election

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General election 1979: Francistown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BDP Patrick Balopi 1,867 53.15 +5.7
BPP Philip Matante 1,646 46.85 −5.7
Margin of victory 221 6.29 N/A
Turnout 3,513 55.81 +24.43
Registered electors 6,295
BDP gain from BPP Swing +5.7

1974 election

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General election 1974: Francistown[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
BPP Philip Matante 1,101 52.55
BDP J. M. Ntuane 994 47.45
Margin of victory 107 5.1
Turnout 2,195 31.38
Registered electors 6,996
BPP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ 1972 DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES
  2. ^ a b "Electoral trends in Botswana - A geographical perspective".
  3. ^ "Results by constituency".
  4. ^ Report to the Minister of State on the general elections, 1974 (PDF). Supervisor of Elections. 1974.