 this article lists political parties in botswana. botswana is a one party dominant state with the botswana democratic party in power. opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. there is no reason to conclude that the botswana elections are not free and fair. ==the parties== {| class="wikitable" |- ! party name !! associated ideology !! seats in national assembly |- | botswana democratic party || conservatism ||  |- | botswana national front || social democracy ||  |- | botswana congress party || social democracy ||  |- | botswana alliance movement || progressivism ||  |- | botswana movement for democracy || liberalism ||  |- | botswana people's party || progressivism ||  |- | new democratic front || progressivism ||  |- | bechuanaland democratic party  || democracy ||  |- | international socialist organization (botswana) || trotskyism ||  |} botswana movement for democracy, see  ==see also== * list of political parties  
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