Africa-Press – Botswana. The general elections, which are held after every five years, saw the opposition Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC) winning the majority of both parliamentary and council seats, emerging the ultimate government of the day for the next five years and its leader, Advocate Duma Boko the President of Botswana.
The UDC takes over government after 58 years of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) rule, which has been winning elections since the country attained independence in 1966.
UDC won 36 parliamentary seats, Botswana Congress Party won 15 seats while Botswana Patriotic Front and BDP won 5 and 4 seats respectively. Dr Edwin Dikoloti is the only Independent MP. The following is a summary of the elections; legislators and their constituencies.
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