National Assembly (Botswana)
| National Assembly | |
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| 11th Parliament | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1966 |
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New session started
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29 October 2014 |
| Leadership | |
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Speaker
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Deputy Speaker
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Leader of the Opposition
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 63 |
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Political groups
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BDP: 42 seats
UDC: 17 seats
BCP: 2 seats
Ex officio: 2 seats
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Length of term
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5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
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Last election
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24 October 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Gaborone, Botswana | |
| Website | |
| www |
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The National Assembly is the legislature Botswana's unicameral Parliament. It is advised by the Ntlo ya Dikgosi (Tswana for "House of Chiefs"), which is not a house of Parliament.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 16 October 2009, has a total of 63 members. 57 members are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority (or First-past-the-post) system for a term of five years. Four members are co-opted (by secret ballot of the rest of the Assembly) while the remaining two (the President and Attorney-general) are ex officio.
Note: In the pre-independence 1965 election, the Botswana Democratic Party was known as the Bechuanaland Democratic party and the Botswana People's Party was known as the Bechuanaland People's Party.
Despite being a one party dominant state since independence, all elections held in the country have been considered democratic, free, and fair.
Coordinates: 24°39′31″S 25°54′38″E / 24.65861°S 25.91056°E
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