2024 Botswana general election

2024 Botswana general election
← 2019 30 October 2024
61 of the 69 seats in the National Assembly[n 1]
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,038,261 Increase 12.19%
 
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Leader Mokgweetsi Masisi Duma Boko
Party BDP UDC
Leader's seat None[n 2] Did not stand
Last election 52.65%, 38 seats 35.88%, 15 seats
Current seats 37 7[n 3]
Seats needed Steady Increase 24
 
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Leader Dumelang Saleshando Mephato Reatile
Party BCP BPF
Leader's seat Maun West Jwaneng-Mabutsane
Last election 11 seats[n 4] 4.41%, 3 seats
Current seats 7 4
Seats needed Increase 24 Increase 27
Incumbent President

Mokgweetsi Masisi
BDP



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The 2024 Botswana general election will be held on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, to determine the composition of the 13th Parliament of Botswana as well as local councils across the country.[a] Up for election are 61 seats of the National Assembly as well as 609 local council seats, all elected through the first-past-the-post voting system.

Since the first election under universal suffrage in 1965, the Botswana Democratic Party has held a majority of seats, without interruption, in the National Assembly and has thus governed alone for 58 years, making Botswana a country characterised by a dominant-party system.


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  1. ^ Tlhankane, Mompati (5 June 2023). "UDC accused of destabilising BCP". Mmegi. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ Mathala, Sharon (3 September 2024). "Botswana election to be held October 30th". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 3 September 2024.


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