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The 13th Parliament of Botswana is the current meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Parliament of Botswana. Its membership was determined by the results of the 2024 general election .
General elections were held in Botswana on 30 October 2024 to determine the composition of the 13th Parliament of Botswana as well as local councils across the country. Up for election were 61 seats of the National Assembly as well as 609 local council seats, all elected through the first-past-the-post voting system.
Current composition of the Parliament of Botswana. [13] [a] Every election from independence until 2024 was won by the Botswana Democratic Party. [15] [16] The President of Botswana is selected after the general election. For this process, the presidential candidate from the political party that wins a majority of the seats is sworn-in as ...
The Cabinet of Botswana consists of the ... Duma Boko on a staggered basis from the 11th to the 15th of November 2024. [1] [2 ... of Local Government and Traditional ...
30 October — 2024 Botswana general election: The ruling Botswana Democratic Party loses its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since 1966. [7] 1 November — Duma Boko is inaugurated as President of Botswana after his Umbrella for Democratic Change wins a majority of 31 seats in the National Assembly in the October election. [8]
Following the 2024 election, a three-party alliance led by the Umbrella for Democratic Change secured a majority of 36 seats in the National Assembly of Botswana.The election resulted in the first electoral loss for the BDP, which became the smallest party in the National Assembly.
The National Assembly is the sole legislative body of Botswana's unicameral Parliament, of which consists of the President and the National Assembly. [2] The House passes laws , provides ministers to form Cabinet , and supervises the work of government.
Parliament of Botswana is the supreme legislative authority. [3] The President of Botswana is Mokgweetsi Masisi, who assumed the Presidency on 1 April 2018. In October 2019, the 2019 general election was held which saw the return of the Botswana Democratic Party to the power with a majority of 19 seats in the 65 seat National Assembly.