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12th Parliament of Botswana

The 12th Parliament of Botswana is the current 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.

Election

The 65 members of the National Assembly consist of 57 MPs elected in single-member constituencies elected by first-past-the-post, six members appointed by the governing party, and two ex-officio members being the President and Speaker.[1]

The 2019 Botswana general election was held on 23 October 2019. It saw the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) retain its legislative majority.

Seat distribution

The table below lists the distribution of the 57 seats as they appeared after the 2019 election, along with the current distribution.

Members

This is a list of the 57 elected members of the 12th Parliament of Botswana.[2]

By-elections

Floor crossings, resignations and expulsions

The 12th Parliament has seen the following expulsion, resignation and floor crossings:

Notes

  1. ^ a b As part of the UDC alliance.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Originally elected as part of the UDC alliance but left in 2022, a year after the prohibition of floor crossings in 2021.[3] This technicality requires MPs to resign their seats and run under their new party affiliation in a by-election for their preference to be legally reflected. He, and 6 other BCP MPs chose not to do this and thus remain as part of the UDC parliamentary group, de jure. The party affiliation presented here is his de facto party affiliation.
  3. ^ a b MP originally elected as BDP. For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see Floor crossings, resignations and expulsions.
  4. ^ a b MP originally elected as UDC. For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see Floor crossings, resignations and expulsions.
  5. ^ Member resigned. For full details, see Floor crossings, resignations and expulsions.

References

  1. ^ "FAQs". Parliament of Botswana. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ Report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 General Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2020.
  3. ^ Tlhankane, Mompati (5 June 2023). "UDC accused of destabilising BCP". Mmegi. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "SEROWE WEST CONSTITUENCY BY-ELECTION SET FOR JULY 8". DailyNews. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Bothoko, Pini (24 April 2023). "Tshekedi disqualified as MP". Mmegi. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b Gasennelwe, Utlwanang (21 December 2020). "Moatlhodi finally quits UDC, joins BDP". Weekend Post. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. ^ "REATILE QUITS BDP". Mmegi Online. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  8. ^ "LESASO DUMPS UDC, JOINS BDP". Mmegi Online. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  9. ^ Selatlhwa, Innocent (22 May 2023). "Dow: Democracy under threat". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  10. ^ "YANDANI BOKO RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT". Facebook. WeekendPost. Retrieved 7 March 2024.