1974 Botswana general election
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32 of the 36 seats in the National Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 205,050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 31.22% (of registered voters) (23.51pp) 26.21% (of eligible population) (11.25pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Botswana on 26 October 1974. With 205,050 registered voters, turnout was just 31.22%. The result was a third successive landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), who won 27 of the 32 elected seats, including four in which they were unopposed. Local elections were held on the same day, with a turnout of just 30.3%, and saw the BDP strengthen its position.