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Botswana was a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power for most of its history.^[1] Opposition parties were widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority until the 2024 Botswana general election which saw the Umbrella for Democratic Change win a parliamentary majority.

Alliance			Abbr.	Party			Abbr.	Ideology	Seats
		Umbrella for Democratic Change	UDC			Alliance for Progressives	AP	Social liberalism Civic nationalism	36 / 69
						Botswana People's Party	BPP	Democratic socialism Pan-Africanism
						Botswana National Front	BNF	Social democracy Christian left
						Botswana Congress Party	BCP	Social democracy Third Way	15 / 69
						Botswana Patriotic Front	BPF	Populism	5 / 69
						Botswana Democratic Party	BDP	Paternalistic conservatism	4 / 69

Party			Abbr.	Leader	Ideology
		Botswana Labour Party	BLP	Moiseraele Dibeela	Socialism Co-operative economics Economic nationalism
		Botswana Movement for Democracy	BMD	Thuso Tiego	Right-wing populism
		Botswana Republican Party	BRP	Biggie Butale	Christian democracy Social conservatism
		Real Alternative Party	RAP	Gaontebale Mokgosi	Socialism Revolutionary socialism

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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.

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2005). Parteien und Parteiensysteme in Afrika (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 19 November 2024.