1969 Botswana general election

1969 Botswana general election

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31 of the 35 seats in the National Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	140,428
Majority party Minority party   Leader Seretse Khama Bathoen Gaseitsiwe Party BDP BNF Leader's seat Serowe North Kanye South Last election 80.38%, 28 seats – Seats won 24 3 Seat change 4 New Popular vote 52,518 10,410 Percentage 68.33% 13.54% Swing 12.05pp New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Philip Matante Motsamai Mpho Party BPP BIP Leader's seat Francistown/Tati East Okavango Last election 14.18%, 3 seats 4.61%, 0 seats Seats won 3 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 9,964 4,601 Percentage 12.14% 5.99% Swing 2.04pp 1.38pp
Results by constituency
President before election Seretse Khama BDP Elected President Seretse Khama BDP

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General elections were held in Botswana on 18 October 1969, the first since independence in September 1966. The result was a second successive landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), who won 24 of the 31 elected seats,^[1] including three in which they were unopposed.^[2]