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BCP ON LEPOKOLE-BOROTSI BY-ELECTION VICTORY The BCP is heartened by Saturday 9th December 2023 results where it won the Borotsi - Lepokole ward in Bobirwa constituency with huge margins. The emphatic win was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the 9th December 2023 following a poll on the same day. The Final Results show the BCP leading comfortably with 860 against ๐๐ƒ๐'๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ and ๐”๐ƒ๐‚'๐’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. A total of 18 ballots were spoiled.Congratulations to Hon. Moalosi Afa. We wish him well in his new tour of duty. We also congratulate our Vice President and MP for Bobirwa Hon. Taolo Lucas, the campaigns manager, Hon. Councillor Koketso Moja and all the BCP cadres in the Bobirwa Constituency for leading the way. We congratulate other activists of the BCP from beyond the ward and constituency for their hard work and for this resounding victory for the ๐๐‚๐, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.The results also mark a turning point in the history of our country as they ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎr ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.Batswana are tired of broken promises and are determined to eject BDP in 2024 and replace it with the BCP - KGOLOLO YA SECHABA. No amount of cheating or corrupt practices by the monied who think our people are purchasable should stop the winds of change that are blowing in our country. To those who want to exploit our people by giving them money to influence them to decide against a prosperous future for their children, we assure them that their approach will end in tears. Of course, our people need food parcels and money that our opponents offer them. Our message is; ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’. To all patriotic citizens, we need your votes in large numbers to form a new government for a new and better Botswana in 2024.As the BCP marches on we will, in the next 6 days (starting on Tuesday the 12th of December 2023) roll out a series of offerings and activities that will leave no one in doubt that ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š.We will announce our candidates who just emerged victorious in party primaries and also launch a summary of our signature manifesto promises. These activities and offerings are a befitting celebration of the Borotsi - Lepokole victory. We are humbled by this victory which has invigorated our people to work even harder to save our country from the ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ and to save our country from the debilitating corruption, poor governance and those intent on selling our country to the highest bidder. We urge our people to continue to work hard and leave nothing to chance. Please talk to your families, friends and relatives this festive season. We need to build an unbreakable covenant as already shown by the people at Borotsi - Lepokole. Through this victory we hope Batswana will be disabused, once and for all of the false narrative being peddled by doomsayers and apologists of the moribund and corrupt BDP regime that โ€œthere is still no alternativeโ€. 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The folly of Winner takes All (FPTP) system

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Contrary to widespread misconception that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) was returned to power through a landslide victory last week, statistics reveal that the party only made marginal increase from the 2014 gains. A dictionary definition of the idiom  ‘landslide victory’ means a victory by a large margin; a very substantial victory, particularly in an election.

The BDP was returned to power by 342 658 votes, an increase of just 22, 001 from the 320 657 recorded in 2014, thus gaining only one extra seat for Member of Parliament (MP) to make the current 38. Proportionately this figure represent 66.7 percent of the total number of seats in the August house, a slight increase from the 64.9 percent in 2014 (which made 37 MP seats). In the process, the BDP popular vote only increased from 46.5 percent in 2014 to 48.7 percent in 2019, a marginal increase of just 2.2 percent which notably remains below half (50%) the number of votes cast. However, this is a reversal of a trend where the BDP popular vote has been dropping steadily from 80 percent in 1965 to just 46.5 percent in 2014.

Numerous scholars among them Professors Maundeni, Sebudubudu and Osei-Hwedie concur that successive electoral victories by the BDP have given rise to the view that while the country operates in a multi-party framework, it is a de-facto one dominant-party system. Contributing a chapter on The Political Party System: Explaining the Predominance of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), in a book titled “Botswana’s Parliamentary Democracy Revisited”, High Court judge Dr Zein Kebonang and Limkokwing university Vice Chancellor Dr Gape Kaboyakgosi, also conclude that the BDP’s electoral performance is enhanced by the way in which the electoral system used in Botswana is configured. The First Past The Post (FPTP) electoral system that has been the basis of electoral contest in Botswana since 1965, has over represented the BDP and under represented the opposition in Parliament, experts have observed.

First Past The Post (FPTP) provides that victorious candidates need only obtain a simple majority.

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Whereas opposition parties have consistently improved their popular vote, this has not necessarily translated into the same proportion of parliamentary representation. A good example is the rise in popular vote of the Botswana National Front (BNF) from 14% in 1969 to reach an all time high of 37% in 1994 before dropping after the 1998 split to 25% in 1999. Interestingly, the newly formed breakaway Botswana Congress Party BCP) garnered 11% at their first polls in 1999 rising to 19% in 2009 and reaching an all time high of 20% in 2014. In both cases the rise in popular vote did not amount to much because they could not make an outright majority. With particular reference to 2014, the combined popular vote for the three party alliance Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), BCP and other opposition parties collectively makes 53%.

Inversely, despite decline in popular support from an overwhelming 80% share of the popular vote during the first elections in 1965 to 65% in 1989, and the party eventually dropping to just 47% in the 2014 general elections, the BDP retains an imposing majority in Parliament.

A calculation of the total popular vote amassed by the three opposition parties which contested the 2019 elections against the BDP, being the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC),  Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and the Alliance for Progressives (AP) shows that they only managed 46.8 percent. These exclude the BMD and independent candidates. The UDC is leading the pack in the opposition crowd after increasing their popular vote from 30 percent garnered in 2014 to the current 35.1 percent. Corresponding to this 5.1 percent jump in popular vote is an increase in the number of votes cast for UDC from 207 113 in 2014 to the current 247 107,  an increase of 39, 994 votes.

According to the latest IEC statistic, therefore, criticism levelled against tactics employed by the leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko, which many cite as the main reason the oposition coalition failed to take power in last week polls, are unfounded. In fact, although they did not topple the BDP as intended, the UDC performed much better than before. Ironically the increase in votes, reaching almost 40 000 does not translate into an increase in Parliamentary seats for the UDC. This can be explained by the arrival of BPF and AP in the opposition block, who ate away a chunk of votes that would have naturally gone to enhance the UDC performance.

Voter apathy

Perhaps to his credit, former President Ian Khama, remains the only Head of State under whose stewardship voter turnout in Botswana surpassed the 80% mark reaching 84.60 percent at the 2014 general elections, which were won by the BDP. From the 825 582 registered to vote in 2014, a whooping 698 409 cast their vote, by far the biggest turnout ever in the history of Botswana.

 The total 691, 920 votes cast in 2019 represent only 72.6 percent of the total 925 478 registered to vote, meaning that 253, 558 registered voters did not turn up at the polling stations or did not cast their vote for some other reason. From the 12 polls conducted in Botswana since 1965, the 2019 voter turnout is the 5th lowest while the smallest number of voters was recorded in 1974 (31.22%), a year of debilitating drought that had catastrophic consequences on subsistence farmers.

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