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t. e. The 2024 Botswana general election will be held on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, to determine the composition of the 13th Parliament of Botswana as well as local councils across the country. [a] Up for election are 61 seats of the National Assembly as well as 609 local council seats, all elected through the first-past-the-post voting system.
The 13th Parliament of Botswana is the forthcoming meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Parliament of Botswana. Its membership will be determined by the results of the 2024 general election. The 13th Parliament will comprise 61 elected members, an increase of four members. This change stems from the 2022 seat ...
The 12th Parliament of Botswana was the meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Parliament of Botswana, with the membership determined by the results of the general election held on 23 October 2019. The legislature convened for the first time on 5 November 2019 and was dissolved on the 5th of September 2024.
The National Assembly is the sole legislative body of Botswana 's unicameral Parliament, of which consists of the President and the National Assembly. [7] The House passes laws, provides ministers to form Cabinet, and supervises the work of government. It is also responsible for adopting the country's budgets.
Parliament of Botswana is the supreme legislative authority. [3] The President of Botswana is Mokgweetsi Masisi, who assumed the Presidency on 1 April 2018. In October 2019, the 2019 general election was held which saw the return of the Botswana Democratic Party to the power with a majority of 19 seats in the 65 seat National Assembly.
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (/ mɔːkˈweɪtsi /; born 21 July 1961) is a Botswana politician who is the fifth and current President of Botswana, serving since 2018. [4][1][5] He served as the 8th Vice President of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the Moshupa-Manyana ...
The country has had 13 formal general elections since 1961, [7] with one happening every five years. [8] The 2024 election is expected to happen in October. [9] Each president is limited to two five-year terms; Quett Masire, the second president, created Botswana’s term limit in 1997. [10][11][12][13] The country first adopted universal ...
According to the Constitution of Botswana, a seat will become vacant if: [2] 1. Parliament is dissolved. 2. The member is absent from Assembly sittings for a prescribed period (at least two consecutive sessions of Parliament). 3.