BOTSWANA CONGRESS PARTY’S PRIMARY ELECTION WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has, in line with its Annual Conference resolution held in Tutume in July 2023, completed phase-one of its primary elections. The elections held on 8th October 2023 forms part of the Party’s journey towards ushering in a new government in 2024.

In order to achieve the above objective, and to manage the primary elections process, the Central Committee resolved to divide the primary elections into two phases – with Phase One

2. The Party congratulates all the candidates (both parliamentary and council candidates) for participating in the primary elections and thereby reaffirming the BCP’s commitment to democracy and good governance.

3. We encourage all our members including those who did not succeed to be steadfast and remember that all is not lost. As per the BCP ideals, culture and practices, the Party is the greater victor! To the comrades who won, lets be magnanimous and embrace all our fellow party members including those who were not successful and those who did not vote for

4. We wish to apologize to all our members who could not vote in some wards, where the polling stations opened later than expected. We further apologize to those who could not vote at all because of the new delimitations which have resulted in relocations to different wards and/or polling stations. Despite the logistical challenges, we appreciate all our members for coming focusing on constituencies that have been allocated to the BCP. This phased approach was done to accommodate the Party’s strategic partners. candidates from the remaining constituencies (mainly from our strategic partners) will be determined in the phase teo of our primary elections

1. The table below represents results from the Phase One of primary elections involving 9 constituencies. While the primaries covered both local and parliamentary levels, the table only focuses on parliamentary elections. out in large numbers to choose their preferred representatives for the 2024 general elections. This is consistentwith the BCP's democratic ideals

5. To all Batswana, we hope that this step demonstrates the BCP’s commitment and prepadness to bringing about meaningful democratic regime change in 2024!

6. To interested strategic partners, the BCP remains committed to work collaboratively with like-minded progressive forces (that stand for good governance, democratic principles, and accountable leadership).

7. Together, we cansave Botswana