Serowe North lies in the
Central District and is primarily rural, with the main settlement being the village of
Serowe. 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.[2] This shift was attributed to the fact that the
BaNgwato tribe, of which the Khama family is the royal family, resides in the Serowe area. Prior to
Ian Khama's departure from the BDP, the constituency consistently voted for the party by significant margins. However, following the fallout between
Ian Khama and President
Mokgweetsi Masisi, Khama encouraged people in the Serowe region to vote for the newly formed BPF and this message strongly resonated with the locals.[3]
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 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
1999 before its abolition ahead of the
2004 elections. The constituency has the following localities: