Tati West
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| Tati West | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
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| 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) |
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.
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]
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]