Botswana general election, 2004

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The Botswana general election of 2004 was contested by the Botswana Democratic Party and eight opposition parties. 57 seats in the Parliament were contested, with the largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front accusing the country's Independent Election Commission of fundamental errors in its conduct of voter registrations. The election was won, as predicted, by the BDP who obtained 44 seats in the new parliament. Voter turnout was 76.2%.

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Despite the fact that the Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP), entered into an election pact agreement in 2003, campaigns were marked by open personal attacks between the opposition parties and their respective leaders. Nevertheless, given the combined support for the opposition in the elections, any sort of opposition pact, merger, or alliance, would not have upset the BDP election victory.


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Summary of the 30 October 2004 National Assembly of Botswana election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) 213,308 51.73 44
Botswana National Front (BNF) 107,451 26.06 12
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) 68,556 16.62 1
Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) 11,716 2.84
Botswana People's Party (BPP) 7,886 1.91
New Democratic Front (NDF) 3,237 0.78
MELS Movement of Botswana (MELS) 121 0.03
Independents 104 0.03
Total (turnout 77.2 %) 412,379 100.0 57


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