Serowe North
Parliamentary constituency in the Central District of Botswana, 1965–2004 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serowe North was a constituency in Central District represented by an MP in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1965 to 2004. In the 2002 redistribution it was dissolved by being divided into two constituencies: Serowe North East and Serowe North West.[1]
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Serowe North | |
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Single-member constituency for the National Assembly | |
District | Central |
Major settlements | Serowe |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1965 |
Replaced by | Serowe North East Serowe North West |
Abolished | 1999 |
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Serowe North was the constituency of Botswana's first President, Seretse Khama, from 1965 until a constitutional amendment stated that the sitting president could not be an elected member of the National Assembly in 1974. As such, it was always one of the BDP's safest strongholds, with the party rarely obtaining less than 90% of the vote there. Its last representative was Ian Khama, Vice-President of Botswana (later President) and son of Seretse Khama.