1989 Botswana general election

1989 Botswana general election

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34 of the 38 seats in the National Assembly 18 seats needed for a majority
Registered	367,069
Majority party Minority party   Leader Quett Masire Kenneth Koma Party BDP BNF Leader's seat None[a] Gaborone South Last election 68.00%, 29 seats 20.44%, 4 seats Seats won 31 3 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 162,277 67,513 Percentage 64.78% 26.95% Swing 3.22pp 6.51pp
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President before election Quett Masire BDP Elected President Quett Masire BDP

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General elections were held in Botswana on 7 October 1989, alongside local elections.^[1] The result was the sixth straight landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which won 31 of the 34 elected seats.^[2]

As of the 2019 general elections, this is the last time the BDP received more than the 60% of the popular vote.

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