1979 Botswana general election

1979 Botswana general election

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32 of the 36 seats in the National Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	230,231
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Seretse Khama Kenneth Koma Philip Matante Party BDP BNF BPP Leader's seat None[a] Gaborone (defeated) Francistown (defeated) Last election 76.62%, 27 seats 11.49%, 2 seats 6.56%, 2 seats Seats won 29 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 101,098 17,480 9,983 Percentage 75.17% 13.00% 7.42% Swing 1.45pp 1.51pp 0.86pp
Results by constituency
President before election Seretse Khama BDP Elected President Seretse Khama BDP

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General elections were held in Botswana on 20 October 1979. The result was a fourth successive landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which won 29 of the 32 elected seats,^[1] including two in which they were unopposed.^[2]

As of the 2019 general elections, this is the last election where the BDP received more than 70% of the popular vote.

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