List of political parties in Botswana

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Botswana is a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power.[1] Opposition parties are widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority.

## Current parties

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Party  | Abbr. | Ideology | Seats in the National Assembly

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|  | Botswana Democratic Party | BDP | Paternalistic conservatism |

38 / 57

|  | Botswana Congress Party | BCP  | Social democracy
Third Way |

7 / 57

|  | Botswana Patriotic Front | BPF  | Populism |

4 / 57

|  | Botswana People's Party (UDC)  | BPP | Democratic socialism
Pan-Africanism |

1 / 57

|  | Botswana National Front (UDC)  | BNF | Social democracy
Christian left |

1 / 57

|  | Alliance for Progressives (UDC)  | AP | Social liberalism |

1 / 57

|  | Botswana Movement for Democracy | BMD | Right-wing populism |

0 / 57

|  | Botswana Republican Party | BRP | Christian democracy
Social conservatism |

0 / 57

## Political alliances

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Alliance  | Abbr.  | Ideology  | Seats in national assembly

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|  | Umbrella for Democratic Change | UDC  | Social democracy
Left-wing populism |

7 / 57

## Historical

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Alliance name  | Abbr.  | Ideology  | Existence

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| Botswana Alliance Movement | BAM  | Progressivism | 1999-2010
| Botswana Independence Party | BIP  |  | 1962-1994
| Botswana Workers Front | BWF  | Nationalism
Christian democracy | 1993-?
| MELS Movement of Botswana | MELS  | Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Pan-Africanism | 1994-2013
| New Democratic Front | NDF  | Progressivism | 2003-2004

### Political alliances

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Alliance name  | Abbr.  | Ideology  | Existence

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| United Democratic Front | UDF  | Nationalism
Christian democracy | founded in 1994

## See also

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* Politics of Botswana
* Lists of political parties
* Elections in Botswana
* National Assembly (Botswana)

## References

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ Afrobarometer 2023, p. 1-5.

### Citations

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Afrobarometer (27 April 2023). Majority of Batswana are not opposed to a dominant-party system, so long as elections are free and fair (PDF) (Report). pp. 1–5. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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Political parties in Botswana

Parliamentary|

* Botswana Democratic Party
* Umbrella for Democratic Change
* BNF
* BPP
* AP
* Botswana Patriotic Front
* Botswana Congress Party

Extraparliamentary|

* Botswana Movement for Democracy
* Botswana Republican Party

Defunct|

* Botswana Alliance Movement
* Botswana Independence Party
* Botswana Workers Front
* United Democratic Front
* MELS Movement of Botswana
* New Democratic Front

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