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Serowe North is a constituency in the Central District represented by
Baratiwa Mathoothe Baratiwa Mathoothe is a Motswana politician who is MP for Serowe North since 2019. He was appointed Assistant Minister of Trade and Entrepreneurship in the Boko cabinet in November 2024, after President Duma Boko's 2024 electoral victory. He is a ...
, a BPF MP in the
National Assembly of Botswana The National Assembly is the sole Legislature, legislative body of Botswana's unicameral Parliament of Botswana, Parliament, of which consists of the President of Botswana, President and the National Assembly. The House passes laws, provides Min ...
since 2019.


Constituency profile

Serowe North lies in the Central District and is primarily rural, with the main settlement being the village of
Serowe Serowe (population approximately 60,000) is an urban village in Botswana's Botswana Central District, Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's histor ...
. The constituency is part of the three historically safe BDP seats that flipped to the BPF and had an average swing of 76.7 pp towards the BPF. This shift was attributed to the fact that the
BaNgwato The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. The modern Bamangwato formed in the Central Serowe, Palapye & Mahalapye District, wi ...
tribe, of which the Khama family is the royal family, resides in the Serowe area. Prior to
Ian Khama Seretse Khama Ian Khama() (born 27 February 1953) is a Motswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defenc ...
's departure from the BDP, the constituency consistently voted for the party by significant margins. However, following the fallout between
Ian Khama Seretse Khama Ian Khama() (born 27 February 1953) is a Motswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defenc ...
and President
Mokgweetsi Masisi Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (; born 21 July 1961) is a Motswana politician who served as the fifth president of Botswana from 2018 to 2024. He served as the eighth vice president of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was ...
, Khama encouraged people in the Serowe region to vote for the newly formed BPF and this message strongly resonated with the locals. Serowe North was the constituency of Botswana's first
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,
Seretse Khama Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980. Born into an influential royal famil ...
, from 1965 until a constitutional amendment stated that the sitting president could not simultaneously be an elected member of the National Assembly in 1974. As such, it was traditionally always one of the BDP's safest strongholds in the country, with the party rarely obtaining less than 90% of the vote there from its establishment ahead of the inaugural 1965 elections until its last election in
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before its abolition ahead of the 2004 elections. The constituency has the following localities: #Parts of
Serowe Serowe (population approximately 60,000) is an urban village in Botswana's Botswana Central District, Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's third largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's histor ...
# Paje #Mabeleapodi # Tshimoyapula


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References

{{reflist Parliamentary constituencies of Botswana Constituencies in the Central District (Botswana) Constituencies established in 1965 1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate Constituencies established in 2014 2014 establishments in Botswana