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National Assembly (Botswana)

National Assembly
11th Parliament
Coat of arms of Botswana.svg
Type
Type
History
Founded 1966
New session started
29 October 2014 (2014-10-29)
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats 63
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Political groups
  BDP: 42 seats
  UDC: 17 seats
  BCP: 2 seats
  Ex officio: 2 seats
Length of term
5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
24 October 2014
Meeting place
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Gaborone, Botswana
Website
www.parliament.gov.bw

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 / -24.65861; 25.91056


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