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Botswana
Botswana
Botswana
Primary executive
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Editorial profile v1
Verified country brief
Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.
- Executive system
- Presidential republic · One primary executive function
- Dominant executive office
- Head of state
- Why this office is primary
- The President is both head of state and head of government, chairs the Cabinet and exercises the executive authority vested by the Constitution, making the presidency the single dominant executive office.
Government
Boko administration
Nov 1, 2024 · De jure
Umbrella for Democratic Change
UDC
Botswana Congress Party
BCP
Botswana Patriotic Front
BPF
Botswana Democratic Party
BDP
Legislature and composition
UnicameralParliament of Botswana
Oct 30, 2024
National Assembly
69 SeatsUDC36 / 69
BCP15 / 69
BPF5 / 69
BDP4 / 69
Next election
Date not scheduledNext Botswana general election
Date not scheduled ·
- Electoral system
- The constitutional parliamentary term is five years; no polling date or official candidate list has been published for the next general election.
Latest election
Completed2024 Botswana general election
Oct 30, 2024 ·
- Electoral system
- Sixty-one elected members are returned from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post; the National Assembly then elects the President.
- Published result
- Duma Gideon Boko · 36 Seats; BCP · 15 Seats; BPF · 5 Seats; BDP · 4 Seats
Current policy issues
- 1Economic diversification and job creationGovernment of Botswana - 2026 Budget Speech
- 2Fiscal stability and public-sector reformGovernment of Botswana - 2026 Budget Speech
- 3Health, education and social protectionGovernment of Botswana - 2026 Budget Speech
- 4Energy, water and transport infrastructureGovernment of Botswana - 2026 Budget Speech
Indexed party landscape
Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.
- Tracked parties
- 19
- Active in source
- 5
- Historical in source
- 2
- parties shown
- 19
- Founded
- 1998
- Founded
- 1961
- Founded
- 1965
- Founded
- 1960
- Founded
- 2014
Alliance for Progressives
Party Unknown
Bechuanaland People's Party
Party Unknown
Botswana Labour Party
Party Unknown
Botswana Movement for Democracy
Party Unknown
Botswana Patriotic Front
Party Unknown
Botswana Republican Party
Party Unknown
Botswana Workers Front
Party Unknown
More parties (7)
International Socialist Organization
Party Unknown
MELS Movement Botswana
Party Unknown
New Democratic Front
Party Unknown
Real Alternative Party
Party Unknown
United Democratic Front
Party Unknown
- Founded
- 1999
- Founded
- 1964
Elections
Partial2014 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 24, 2014
Completed
2009 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 16, 2009
Completed
2004 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 30, 2004
Completed
1999 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 16, 1999
Completed
1994 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 15, 1994
Completed
1989 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 7, 1989
Completed
1984 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Sep 8, 1984
Completed
1979 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 20, 1979
Completed
1974 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 26, 1974
Completed
1969 Botswana general election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Oct 18, 1969
Completed
Candidates
Partial2009 Botswana general election · Completed
Aug 9, 2026 · Oct 16, 2009
- Independent clusters, last 30 days
- 0
- Independent clusters, days 31–180
- 0
- Confidence
- 80.0%
2014 Botswana general election · Completed
Aug 9, 2026 · Oct 24, 2014
- Independent clusters, last 30 days
- 0
- Independent clusters, days 31–180
- 0
- Confidence
- 80.0%
Sources
9
- 1Government of BotswanaOFFICIAL-PUBLIC-RECORD · Aug 10, 2026
- 2Parliament of Botswana - Constitution of Botswanacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 3Botswana Daily News - Duma Boko sworn in as Presidentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 4Government of Botswana - official 2024 election seat resultcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 5Parliament of Botswana - institutional overviewcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 6Government of Botswana - 2026 Budget Speechcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 7Botswana official constitutional institutionscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 8WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 9Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
Political world map
Southern Africa
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