1989 Botswana general election

none April 2022 Botswana Legislative 1984 Botswana general election 1984 5th Parliament of Botswana 7 October 1989 1994 Botswana general election 1994 6th Parliament of Botswana 34 of the 38 seats in the National Assembly 18 367,069 68.24% (of registered voters) (9.34pp)47.90% (of eligible population) (6.28pp)n https://www.iec.gov.bw/images/Voter_Apathy_PRINT.pdf National Study On Voter Apathy in Botswana IEC Botswana University of Botswana 2022 17 en-GB File:Masire 1980 (cropped).jpg Quett Masire Botswana Democratic Party 68.00%, 29 seats NoneIncumbent presidents are ineligible to contest National Assembly seats; instead, they serve as ex-officio members of Parliament. 31 2 162,277 64.78% 3.22pp Kenneth Koma.jpg Kenneth Koma Botswana National Front Gaborone South 20.44%, 4 seats 3 1 67,513 26.95% 6.51pp President Quett Masire Botswana Democratic Party Quett Masire Botswana Democratic Party 1989 Botswana National Assembly election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Botswana on 7 October 1989, alongside local elections.Elections held in 1989 Inter-Parliamentary Union The result was the sixth straight landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which won 31 of the 34 elected seats.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p113 0-19-829645-2 As of the 2019 general elections, this is the last time the BDP received more than the 60% of the popular vote. Background A referendum on electoral reform had been held in 1987, and resulted in the creation of a Supervisor of Elections, which would be appointed by the government. Both the BDP and the Botswana National Front (BNF) hold primary elections to select candidates. Campaign The BNF went into the elections suffering from instability; Bathoen Gaseitsiwe resigned as party leader in 1985 after becoming head of the Customary Court of Appeal. Prior to the elections Bathoen criticised new party leader Kenneth Koma for his left-wing policies, resigned from the BNF and established the Botswana Freedom Party (BFP). The new BFP ran as a nationalist and pro-free market party. The ruling BDP campaigned on its record in government around economic development and political stability. A total of 91 candidates contested the elections, with the BDP being the only party to field a full slate of 34 candidates. The BNF put forward 31 candidates, the Botswana People's Party 11, the Botswana Independence Party 9, the Botswana Freedom Party 2 and the Botswana Progressive Union and Botswana Liberal Party both had a single candidate.Botswana: The October 1989 General Election EISA Results The Botswana People's Party (BPP) lost its sole seat and would not regain parliamentary representation until the 2024 elections. Botswana Democratic Party 162277 31 +2 Botswana National Front 67513 3 –1 Botswana People's Party 10891 0 –1 Botswana Independence Party 6209 0 0 Botswana Progressive Union 2186 0 0 Botswana Freedom Party 1363 0 New Botswana Liberal Party 48 0 New Indirectly-elected members 4 – 0 367069 IPU, Nohlen et al. Aftermath Following the elections, the BNF claimed that there had been irregularities in the Mochudi constituency, where they lost to the BDP by 29 votes. The High Court ruled in the BNF's favour, resulting in a by-election in June 1990 in which the BDP retained the seat. Notes n References Category:Elections in Botswana Botswana General Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Botswana