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The 12th Parliament of Botswana was the meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Parliament of Botswana, with the membership determined by the results of the general election held on 23 October 2019.
[12] 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 Parliament was elected using first-past-the-post voting. The Parliament has 61 elected members, an increase of four members, compared to the 12th Parliament, following the 2022 seat redistricting cycle, marking the first time since the inauguration of the 9th Parliament that the number of elected members has risen. [1] [2]
Slumber Tsogwane (born 21 September 1960 [2]) is a Motswana politician who served as Vice President of Botswana from April 2018 to November 2024. He is also former Member of Parliament for Boteti West. He was the longest serving Member of Parliament of the 12th Parliament of Botswana. [3] He is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party. [4]
General elections were held in Botswana on 23 October 2019 to elect MPs and local government councillors. [1] Despite a high profile split in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in May 2019 when former President Ian Khama left the party and switched his support to the new Botswana Patriotic Front, the BDP's vote share increased to almost 53% as the party won 38 of the 57 elected seats ...
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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.
The National Assembly is the only part of the Botswana National Government that private citizens elect. [13] Botswana uses a First-past-the-post system for elections whereby candidates with the most votes win single-member constituencies. [12] Originally, voting occurred with disks that corresponded to various candidates based on color.