Botswana is a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority.
Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Seats in the National Assembly | ||
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BDP | |||||
Botswana Congress Party | BCP | Social democracy Third Way | |||
BPF | Populism | ||||
Botswana People's Party (UDC) | BPP | Democratic socialism Pan-Africanism | |||
Botswana National Front (UDC) | BNF | Social democracy Christian left | |||
Alliance for Progressives (UDC) | AP | ||||
BMD | |||||
Botswana Republican Party | BRP | Christian democracy Social conservatism | |||
Alliance name | Abbr. | Ideology | Existence | |||
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bgcolor=#000099 | Botswana Alliance Movement | BAM | Progressivism | 1999-2010 | ||
bgcolor=#000099 | Botswana Independence Party | BIP | 1962-1994 | |||
bgcolor=#FFA500 | Botswana Workers Front | BWF | Nationalism Christian democracy | 1993-? | ||
bgcolor=#FF0000 | MELS Movement of Botswana | MELS | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Pan-Africanism | 1994-2013 | ||
bgcolor=#800080 | New Democratic Front | NDF | Progressivism | 2003-2004 |
Majority of Batswana are not opposed to a dominant-party system, so long as elections are free and fair . Afrobarometer . 2023-04-27 . 1-5 . 2024-05-12.