List of political parties in Botswana

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

Current parties

Party			Abbr.	Ideology	Seats in the National Assembly
		Botswana Democratic Party	BDP	Paternalistic conservatism	37 / 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

Alliance			Abbr.	Ideology	Seats in national assembly
		Umbrella for Democratic Change	UDC	Social democracy Left-wing populism	7 / 57

Historical

Alliance name		Abbr.	Ideology	Existence
	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

Alliance name		Abbr.	Ideology	Existence
	United Democratic Front	UDF	Nationalism Christian democracy	founded in 1994

See also

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

References

Citations

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.