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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.
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 Botswana Democratic Party, in power since independence day, faces an unusually tough parliamentary vote, after the country's former president and political heavyweight Ian Khama fell out ...
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The next Botswana general election must be held no later than 5 January 2030, following the dissolution of the 13th Parliament of Botswana to renew the composition of the National Assembly and local councils, last elected on 30 October 2024.
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.
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 ...