List of political parties in Botswana

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:Politics of Botswana Botswana was a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power for most of its history.Template:Sfn Opposition parties were widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority until the 2024 Botswana general election which saw the Umbrella for Democratic Change win a parliamentary majority.

Current parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Alliance			Template:Tooltip	Party			Template:Tooltip	Ideology	Seats
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		Umbrella for Democratic Change	UDC			Alliance for Progressives	AP	Social liberalism Civic nationalism	Template:Composition bar
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |				File:Logo of the Botswana People's Party.png	Botswana People's Party	BPP	Democratic socialism Pan-Africanism
					Botswana National Front	BNF	Social democracy Christian left
				bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		Botswana Congress Party	BCP	Social democracy Third Way	Template:Composition bar
						Botswana Patriotic Front	BPF	Populism	Template:Composition bar
						Botswana Democratic Party	BDP	Paternalistic conservatism	Template:Composition bar

Minor parties

Party			Template:Tooltip	Leader	Ideology
		Botswana Labour Party	BLP	Moiseraele Dibeela	Socialism Co-operative economics Economic nationalism
		Botswana Movement for Democracy	BMD	Thuso Tiego	Right-wing populism
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		Botswana Republican Party	BRP	Biggie Butale	Christian democracy Social conservatism
		Real Alternative Party	RAP	Gaontebale Mokgosi	Socialism Revolutionary socialism

Historical

Alliance name		Template:Tooltip	Ideology	Existence
	Botswana Alliance Movement	BAM	Progressivism	1999-2010
	Botswana Freedom Party	BFP		?-1994
	Botswana Independence Party	BIP		1962-1994
	Botswana Liberal Party	BLP	Liberalism	1983-?
	Template:Interlanguage link	BPU		1984-1991
	Botswana Workers Front	BWF	Nationalism Christian democracy	1993-?
	Independence Freedom Party	IFP		1994
	MELS Movement of Botswana	MELS	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Pan-Africanism	1994-2013
	New Democratic Front	NDF	Progressivism	2003-2004
	Social Democratic Party	SDP	Social democracy	1999
	United Action Party	UAP	Familialism Youth rights Feminism	1999-?
	United Socialist Party	USP PUSO	Left-wing politics	1994-1999

Political alliances

Alliance name		Template:Tooltip	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)