General elections were held in

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on 18 October 1969, the first since independence in September 1966. The result was a second successive landslide victory for the

Botswana Democratic Party The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and its symbol is a lift jack. The party has ruled Botswana continuously since gaining independence ...

(BDP), who won 24 of the 31 elected seats,

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, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p113 including three in which they were unopposed.Botswana: The October 1969 General Election
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A total of 77 candidates contested the elections. The BDP put up a full slate of 31 candidates, whilst the

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 ...

had 21, the

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had 15, the

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had nine, and there was also a single independent candidate. The

was founded following the

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, and was headed by Kenneth Koma. However, Koma was overshadowed by Bathoen II, the paramount chief of the

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. Bathoen abdicated his throne to become BNF president, and had also resigned from the

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