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Botswana is a parliamentary republic with an executive presidency operating under a multi-party system. [1] [2] [3] The first president to govern Botswana was Sir Seretse Khama. [4] The country has had 13 formal general elections since 1961, with one happening every five years. [5] [6] The recent election was held on 30 October 2024. [7]
The 2001 census was the first census in Botswana to comply with the SADC 2000 Census Project, the guidelines of which unify the demographic statistics in southern Africa. The 2011 Census was the fifth census after independence the 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census, it occurred in August 2011. The most recent sixth and most recent ...
Candidates for the National Assembly state on the ballot paper which candidate they support for President, and the President is subsequently elected by members of the National Assembly following general elections. Candidates must be nominated by at least 1,000 voters, and be at least 30 years old. [12] Until 1974 the President had to be an ...
Botswana has held regular elections since its independence at five year intervals, all of which have been won by the Botswana Democratic Party. Elections are overseen by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). [40] Elections in Botswana use first-past-the-post voting in which the winner is the candidate that receives a majority or plurality ...
This electoral calendar 2008 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2008 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, even though they are not elections.
General elections were held in Botswana on 16 October 2009, alongside local elections, with early voting in 26 polling stations abroad taking place 3 October. [1] The result was a tenth successive victory for the Botswana Democratic Party , which won 45 of the 57 elected seats in the National Assembly .
The official opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) won 36 seats in the election, an increase of 8 seats and the first time in history that a party other than the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won an election. The Botswana Congress Party, got 15 seats, an increase of 8. The Botswana Patriotic Front won 5 seats, an increase of 2 seats ...
Botswana Democratic Party: 333 3 Botswana National Front: 71 35 Botswana Congress Party: 69 37 Botswana Alliance Movement: 6 3 Botswana People's Party: 3 1 Independents 8 5 Total: 490: 0 Registered Voters 724,205 Total Voters (Voter Turnout) 553,384 (76.4%) Invalid Votes 12,765 Total Valid Votes 540,619 Source: [2]