List of political parties in Botswana

Botswana was a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power for most of its history.^[1] Opposition parties were widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority until the 2024 Botswana general election which saw the Umbrella for Democratic Change win a parliamentary majority.

	Abbr.		Abbr.	Ideology	Seats
Umbrella for Democratic Change	UDC	Alliance for Progressives	AP	Social liberalism Civic nationalism	36 / 69
		Botswana People's Party	BPP	Democratic socialism Pan-Africanism
		Botswana National Front	BNF	Social democracy Christian left
		Botswana Congress Party	BCP	Social democracy Third Way	15 / 69
		Botswana Patriotic Front	BPF	Populism	5 / 69
		Botswana Democratic Party	BDP	Paternalistic conservatism	4 / 69

	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology
Botswana Labour Party	BLP	Moiseraele Dibeela	Socialism Co-operative economics Economic nationalism
Botswana Movement for Democracy	BMD	Thuso Tiego	Right-wing populism
Botswana Republican Party	BRP	Biggie Butale	Christian democracy Social conservatism
Real Alternative Party	RAP	Gaontebale Mokgosi	Socialism Revolutionary socialism

	Abbr.	Ideology	Existence
Botswana Alliance Movement	BAM	Progressivism	1999-2010
Botswana Freedom Party	BFP		?-1994
Botswana Independence Party	BIP		1962-1994
Botswana Liberal Party	BLP	Liberalism	1983-?
Botswana Progressive Union [nl]	BPU		1984-1991
Botswana Workers Front	BWF	Nationalism Christian democracy	1993-?
Independence Freedom Party	IFP		1994
MELS Movement of Botswana	MELS	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Pan-Africanism	1994-2013
New Democratic Front	NDF	Progressivism	2003-2004
Social Democratic Party	SDP	Social democracy	1999
United Action Party	UAP	Familialism Youth rights Feminism	1999-?
United Socialist Party	USP PUSO	Left-wing politics	1994-1999

Current parties