Maun East

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Population42,378
Area24,431 km2
Created2002
Maun East
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
DistrictNorth-West District
Population42,378
Area24,431 km2
Current constituency
Created2002
Party  BCP
MPGoretetse Kekgonegile
Margin of victory4,061 (32.1 pp)

Maun East is a constituency in the North-West District represented in the National Assembly of Botswana. It has been represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Goretetse Kekgonegile of the Botswana Congress Party.

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).[1] It originally consisted mostly of the rural area of Maun. In 2012 part of its territory was added to Maun West. The constituency voted for BDP until 2019, when the UDC won it. The constituency encompasses the following locations:[2]

  1. Part of Maun
  2. Makalamabedi
  3. Chanoga
  4. Samedupi
  5. Phuduhudu
  6. Somelo

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