1974 Botswana general election

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1974 Botswana general election

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26 October 1974

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32 of the 36 seats in the National Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority

Registered

205,050

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Seretse Khama	Bathoen Gaseitsiwe
Party	BDP	BNF
Leader's seat	None^[a]	Kanye South
Last election	68.33%, 24 seats	13.54%, 3 seats
Seats won	27	2
Seat change	3	1
Popular vote	49,047	7,358
Percentage	76.62%	11.49%
Swing	8.29pp	2.05pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Philip Matante	Motsamai Mpho
Party	BPP	BIP
Leader's seat	Francistown	Okavango
Last election	12.14%, 3 seats	5.99%, 1 seats
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	4,199	3,086
Percentage	6.56%	4.82%
Swing	5.58pp	1.17pp

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 26 October 1974. With 205,050 registered voters, turnout was just 31.22%.^[1] The result was a third successive landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), who won 27 of the 32 elected seats,^[2] including four in which they were unopposed.^[3] Local elections were held on the same day, with a turnout of just 30.3%, and saw the BDP strengthen its position.^[3]

Campaign

A total of 63 candidates contested the elections. The BDP ran a full slate of 32 candidates, the Botswana National Front had 14 candidates, the Botswana People's Party had eight, the Botswana Independence Party had six, and there were three independents.^[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Botswana Democratic Party	49,047	76.62	27	+3
	Botswana National Front	7,358	11.49	2	–1
	Botswana People's Party	4,199	6.56	2	–1
	Botswana Independence Party	3,086	4.82	1	0
	Independents	321	0.50	0	New
Indirectly-elected members				4	0
Total		64,011	100.00	36	+1

Registered voters/turnout		205,050	–
Source: EISA, Nohlen et al.

Notes

^ Incumbent presidents are ineligible to contest National Assembly seats; instead, they serve as ex-officio members of Parliament.

References

^ Botswana: 1974 National Assembly results EISA
^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p113 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
^ ^a ^b ^c Botswana: The October 1974 General Election EISA

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