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
Registered367,069
  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 Increase2 Decrease1
Popular vote 162,277 67,513
Percentage 64.78% 26.95%
Swing Decrease3.22pp Increase6.51pp

Results by constituency

President before election

Quett Masire
BDP

Elected President

Quett Masire
BDP

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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  1. ^ Elections held in 1989 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p113 ISBN 0-19-829645-2