{"iso":"BW","name":"Botswana","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfc","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2024-10-30","source":"2024 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the National Assembly vote at the general election of 30 October 2024, official results as published by the Independent Electoral Commission. The Umbrella for Democratic Change total includes its component parties and UDC-endorsed independents. Smaller parties are not shown.","shares":{"UDC":37.2,"BDP":30.5,"BCP":21.1,"BPF":8.3,"IND":2.4},"polls":[],"parties":{"UDC":{"name":"Umbrella for Democratic Change","color":"#244197"},"BDP":{"name":"Botswana Democratic Party","color":"#e61c23"},"BCP":{"name":"Botswana Congress Party","color":"#92C947"},"BPF":{"name":"Botswana Patriotic Front","color":"#fece00"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#9a9a9a"}},"primer":{"system":"Parliamentary republic in which the National Assembly elects the president","head_of_state":"President Duma Boko","legislature":"National Assembly, unicameral, 65 members in total, of whom 57 are directly elected for five-year terms.","electoral_system":"Directly elected members are chosen by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.","government_now":"The Umbrella for Democratic Change under Boko won 36 elected seats in October 2024, forming the first government since independence without the Botswana Democratic Party.","context":"The 2024 election ended the BDP's unbroken rule since 1966, reducing it to four seats in one of the worst defeats of a sitting government in a parliamentary election. President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded and power transferred peacefully.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"UDC":["Umbrella for Democratic Change","","Centre-left opposition coalition of several parties; under Duma Boko it won the 2024 election and now governs, ending the BDP's 58-year rule."],"BDP":["Botswana Democratic Party","","Liberal-conservative party that governed continuously from independence in 1966 until 2024; now a small opposition party after collapsing to four seats."],"BCP":["Botswana Congress Party","","Social-democratic party; once aligned with the UDC, it ran alone in 2024 and is now the largest single opposition party."],"BPF":["Botswana Patriotic Front","","Populist party founded by allies of former president Ian Khama after splitting from the BDP; small opposition party."],"IND":["Independents","","Candidates elected without a party affiliation."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2024 election","total":61,"seats":{"UDC":36,"BCP":15,"BPF":5,"BDP":4,"IND":1}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2029-10","title":"Botswana general election","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}