The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a social democratic The BCP retained the Gaborone Central constituency and won the Chobe, Okavango, and Selebi Phikwe West constituencies from the BDP. Pact partner BAM won 2.3% of the vote and defeated the former Minister of Education and Skills Development, Jacob Nkate, in the Ngami constituency. Despite its losses to the BCP, the BDP won enough constituencies from the BNF to increase its overall representation by one seat.

In May 2010, the BCP and the BAM merged under the BCP label with a new party symbol that incorporates elements of the parent parties. Following the merger, the BCP controlled five seats in the National Assembly.

On 4 September 2010, the BCP contested by elections in Tonota North constituency with the support of the other three opposition parties, Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) and the BDP breakaway party Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). The BCP candidate increased her vote share slightly, to 36.1%, but lost to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).The party recently lost a key member, Member of parliament for Okavango Hon Bagalatia Aaron, who defected to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.

Electoral history

National Assembly

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!Election

!Party leader

!Votes

!%

!Seats

!+/–

!Position

!Status

|-

|1999

|Michael Dingake

|40,096

|11.90%

|

|New

| 3rd

|

|-

|2004

|Otlaadisa Koosaletse

|68,556

|16.62%

|

| 0

| 3rd

|

|-

|2009

|Gilson Saleshando

|104,302

|19.15%

|

| 3

| 3rd

|

|-

|2014

| rowspan="3" | Dumelang Saleshando

|140,998

|20.43%

|

| 1

| 3rd

|

|-

|2019

|112,479

|14.57%

|

| 8

| 2nd

|

|-

|2024

|175,972

|21.06%

|

| 4

| 2nd

|

|}

References

  • Botswana Congress Party website