The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a coalition of opposition parties in

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, formed ahead of the 1994 parliamentary election. The UDF consisted of the

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, the

Botswana Workers Front The Botswana Workers Front was a political party in Botswana. The party was founded by Shawn Nthaile in September 1993 at a special congress in Mahalapye, following his departure from the Botswana National Front. Nthaile charged that he had bee ...

and the

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. UDF opposed both the ruling

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and opposition

Botswana National Front The Botswana National Front (BNF) is a social democratic political party in Botswana. It has been the main opposition party in Botswana since the 1969 elections. The party achieved its greatest electoral success in the 1994 elections, when it ...

. No UDF candidate was able to get elected.Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
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References

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