Botswana is a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority.
| Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Seats in the National Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDP | |||||
| Botswana Congress Party | BCP | Social democracy Third Way | |||
| BPF | Populism | ||||
| Botswana People's Party (UDC) | BPP | Democratic socialism Pan-Africanism | |||
| Botswana National Front (UDC) | BNF | Social democracy Christian left | |||
| Alliance for Progressives (UDC) | AP | ||||
| BMD | |||||
| Botswana Republican Party | BRP | Christian democracy Social conservatism | |||
| Alliance name | Abbr. | Ideology | Existence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#000099 | Botswana Alliance Movement | BAM | Progressivism | 1999-2010 | ||
| bgcolor=#000099 | Botswana Independence Party | BIP | 1962-1994 | |||
| bgcolor=#FFA500 | Botswana Workers Front | BWF | Nationalism Christian democracy | 1993-? | ||
| bgcolor=#FF0000 | MELS Movement of Botswana | MELS | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Pan-Africanism | 1994-2013 | ||
| bgcolor=#800080 | New Democratic Front | NDF | Progressivism | 2003-2004 | ||
Majority of Batswana are not opposed to a dominant-party system, so long as elections are free and fair . Afrobarometer . 2023-04-27 . 1-5 . 2024-05-12.