13th Parliament of Botswana

13th Parliament of Botswana
13th Parliament of Botswana
←	12th
	National Assembly Building,; Gaborone
Overview
Legislative body	National Assembly
Term	6 November 2024 –
Election	30 October 2024
Government	Boko cabinet
Opposition	BCP
Website	parliament.gov.bw
National Assembly
Members	69
Speaker	Dithapelo Keorapetse; (ex-officio)
Deputy Speaker	Helen Manyeneng; (UDC)
President of Botswana	Duma Boko; (ex-officio)
Leader of the House	Moeti Mohwasa; (Specially-elected)
Leader of the Opposition	Dumelang Saleshando; (BCP)
Party control	UDC

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. It began on 6 November 2024 following the 30 October 2024 general election and will end in or before November 2029 to trigger the next election.

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]

Background

2024 general election

The 2024 general election was held on 30 October. The official opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) won 36 seats in the election, an increase of 8 seats and the first time in history that a party other than the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won an election. The Botswana Congress Party, got 15 seats, an increase of 8. The Botswana Patriotic Front won 5 seats, an increase of 2 seats. The ruling BDP was reduced to a rump of 4 seats after losing a total of 34 seats. Whilst Edwin Dikoloti of Goodhope-Mmathethe, garnered a seat as an independent candidate, the second time Parliament has had an elected independent since Nehemiah Modubule of Lobatse constituency in 2009.

Botswana general election results (30 October 2024)



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Umbrella for Democratic Change^[3]		Botswana National Front	193,166	23.13	23	+19
			Alliance for Progressives	46,799	5.60	6	+5
			Independents	39,261	4.70	3	+3
			Botswana People's Party	31,636	3.79	4	+4
		Total		310,862	37.22	36	+21
	Botswana Democratic Party			254,633	30.49	4	−34
	Botswana Congress Party			175,326	20.99	15	+4
	Botswana Patriotic Front			69,414	8.31	5	+2
	Botswana Republican Party			3,212	0.38	0	New
	Botswana Movement for Democracy			1,146	0.14	0	0
	Real Alternative Party			222	0.03	0	0
	Independents			20,434	2.45	1	+1
Appointed and ex officio members						8	0
Total				835,249	100.00	69	+4

Valid votes				835,249	98.80
Invalid/blank votes				10,145	1.20
Total votes				845,394	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,038,275	81.42
Source: Compilation of Results by Constituency (61/61 declared); (electorate/turnout)^[4]

Seat distribution

The table below lists the distribution of the 69 seats by party in the National Assembly. This table shows the number of MPs in each party:

Affiliation		Members

Affiliation		At the 2024 Botswana general election
	UDC	36
	BPF	5
	Specially-elected	6
	President	1
	Independent	1
Government total		49
	BCP	15
	BDP	4
Opposition total		19
	Speaker	1
Total MPs in Parliament		69
Working Government majority		30

Members

This is a list of the 61 elected members of the 13th Parliament of Botswana.

No.	Constituency	Name		Majority	% of total votes	Margin (% points)
1	Chobe	Simasiku Mapulanga	BCP	2,853	63.31	34.49
2	Maun North	Dumelang Saleshando	BCP	5,707	64.08	43.65
3	Maun East	Goretetse Kekgonegile	BCP	4,061	59.14	32.09
4	Maun West	Caterpillar Hikuama	BCP	2,709	55.60	20.75
5	Ngami	Phillimon Aaron	BCP	2,255	59.54	22.84
6	Okavango West	Kenny Kapinga	BCP	1,049	53.12	11.11
7	Okavango East	Gabatsholwe Disho	BCP	795	50.11	9.34
8	Tati East	Thabologo Furniture	BCP	418	33.47	3.12
9	Tati West	Justin Hunyepa	UDC	3,490	49.99	25.99
10	Francistown East	Ntsima Tiroeaone	UDC	370	36.84	4.42
11	Francistown South	Wynter Mmolotsi	UDC	5,109	67.71	53.17
12	Francistown West	Mokwaledi Ignatius Moswaane	UDC	3,803	58.51	35.70
13	Nata-Gweta	Lawrence Ookeditse	BPF	3,916	52.62	33.21
14	Nkange	Motlhaleemang Moalosi	BCP	2,674	43.21	12.32
15	Shashe West	Jeremiah Frenzel	BPF	3,916	52.62	33.21
16	Tonota	Gaefele Sedombo	UDC	2,509	48.20	17.22
17	Bobirwa	Taolo Lucas	BCP	2,343	52.57	12.23
18	Mmadinare	Molebatsi Molebatsi	UDC	38	30.33	0.35
19	Selebi-Phikwe East	Kgoberego Nkawana	BCP	968	41.30	14.07
20	Selebi-Phikwe West	Reuben Kaizer	BCP	38	36.94	0.44
21	Palapye	Onneetse Ramogapi	UDC	4,022	44.34	18.74
22	Tswapong North	Prince Maele	UDC	3,076	37.44	15.49
23	Mahalapye East	Augustine Nyatanga	UDC	4,140	53.03	30.75
24	Mahalapye West	David Tshere	UDC	7,957	73.20	58.43
25	Tswapong South	Kesitegile Gobotswang	BCP	1,626	38.22	10.36
26	Shoshong	Moneedi Bagaisamang	UDC	5,112	58.22	38.43
27	Serowe North	Baratiwa Mathoothe	BPF	4,836	63.66	40.32
28	Serowe South	Lesedi Leepetswe	BPF	3,214	44.18	25.12
29	Serowe West	Onalepelo Kedikilwe	BPF	4,141	65.24	41.21
30	Boteti East	Atamelang Keoagile	UDC	2,278	41.92	15.90
31	Boteti West	Sam Digwa	UDC	2,235	49.17	14.66
32	Kgatleng Central	Mpho Morolong	UDC	2,114	43.63	12.74
33	Kgatleng East	Mabuse Pule	BDP	30	39.58	0.25
34	Kgatleng West	Unity Dow	BCP	193	33.05	1.44
35	Gaborone Central	Phenyo Butale	UDC	2,381	47.30	20.50
36	Gaborone North	Shawn Nthaile	UDC	935	37.28	6.51
37	Gaborone South	Nelson Ramaotwana	UDC	4,740	60.31	37.28
38	Gaborone Bonnington North	Maipelo Mophuting	UDC	2,565	47.90	21.94
39	Gaborone Bonnington South	Ndaba Gaolathe	UDC	5,674	63.73	41.07
40	Tlowkeng	Phenyo Segokgo	UDC	4,351	57.63	29.51
41	Gamalete	Boniface Mabeo	BCP	1,629	42.79	7.09
42	Mogoditshane East	Barongwang Letlhogonolo	UDC	1,103	45.38	11.29
43	Mogoditshane West	Galenawabo Lekau	UDC	1,375	42.46	13.39
44	Gabane-Mmankgodi	Thomas Mmusi	BDP	434	37.05	3.29
45	Mmopane-Metsimotlhabe	Helen Manyeneng	UDC	120	33.19	1.16
46	Thamaga-Kumakwane	Palelo Motaosane	BDP	2,191	53.29	14.05
47	Molepolole South	Shima Monageng	UDC	2,364	51.56	14.74
48	Molepolole North	Arafat Khan	UDC	3,057	54.50	12.88
49	Lentsweletau-Lephephe	Bogatsu Tshenolo	UDC	1,116	42.87	7.30
50	Letlhakeng	Domcaza Mogwathi	UDC	4,163	60.67	35.38
51	Takatokwane	Jacob Kelebeng	UDC	3,706	63.20	32.32
52	Lobatse	Kamal Jacobs	UDC	4,173	66.35	40.29
53	Goodhope-Mmathethe	Edwin Dikoloti	Ind.	5,151	45.06	18.88
54	Kanye East	Mogorosi Mosanana	UDC	3,488	66.20	19.19
55	Kanye West	Victor Phologolo	UDC	2,335	53.32	14.68
56	Moshupa-Manyana	Karabo Gare	BDP	6,865	59.50	30.43
57	Jwaneng-Mabutsane	Omphemetse Kwapa	UDC	1,426	44.48	7.33
58	Kgalagadi North	Reason Lekhutlane	UDC	283	48.55	2.67
59	Kgalagadi South	Micus Chimbombi	UDC	2,630	54.91	16.60
60	Ghanzi	Noah Salakae	UDC	2,880	54.90	20.88
61	Charleshill	Motsamai Motsamai	UDC	295	41.07	3.73

References

^ Mathala, Sharon (15 February 2023). "Four new constituencies come 2024". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ Galeragwe, Moshe (12 February 2023). "DELIMITATION COMMISSION PRESENTS REPORT". dailynews.gov.bw. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ Umbrella for Democratic Change Members of Parliament Candidates, The Weekend Post, 2 August 2024
^ IEC Botswana (14 October 2024). "Media Release: Summary of Information on Total Number of Botswana Registered to Vote in the 2024 General Elections". Facebook. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

[1] Mathala, Sharon (15 February 2023). "Four new constituencies come 2024". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[2] Galeragwe, Moshe (12 February 2023). "DELIMITATION COMMISSION PRESENTS REPORT". dailynews.gov.bw. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[UDCCandidates-3] Umbrella for Democratic Change Members of Parliament Candidates, The Weekend Post, 2 August 2024

[4] IEC Botswana (14 October 2024). "Media Release: Summary of Information on Total Number of Botswana Registered to Vote in the 2024 General Elections". Facebook. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

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Background

2024 general election

Seat distribution

Members

See also

References