General elections were held in the Bechuanaland Protectorate on 1 March 1965, the country's first election under universal suffrage. The result was a landslide...
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1930 Bechuanaland European Advisory Council election 1933 Bechuanaland European Advisory Council election 1961 Bechuanaland general election 1965 Bechuanaland...
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country first adopted universal franchise during the 1965 Bechuanaland general election. Every election from independence until 2024 was won by the Botswana...
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the United Kingdom, to 1969. Its membership was set by the 1965 Bechuanaland general election, which gave the Botswana Democratic Party control of Parliament...
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: xxxiii : 19 1 March – The Bechuanaland Democratic Party wins most contests in the 1965 Bechuanaland general election.: xxxiii : 19 9 March – Seretse...
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following elections occurred in 1965. 1965 Basutoland general election 1965 Bechuanaland general election 1965 Burundian legislative election 1965 Cameroonian...
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Botswana People's Party (redirect from Bechuanaland People's Party)
secretary general. Internal dissension during the first national elections in 1965 resulted in a schism and the birth of the Bechuanaland Independence...
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Politics of Botswana (section Elections)
Botswana. Upon receiving self-governance, the nation held the 1965 Bechuanaland general election, in which the BDP won a large victory: of the 31 seats in...
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the Okavango constituency. His election was one of only two competitive races in the 1965 Bechuanaland general election, defeating Botswana Independence...
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Socialist and Pan-Africanist rivals to dominate the 1965 elections. As Prime Minister of Bechuanaland, Khama continued to push for Botswana's independence...
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Ruth Williams Khama (section Arrival in Bechuanaland)
Seretse founded the nationalist Bechuanaland Democratic Party and won the 1965 general election. As prime minister of Bechuanaland, he pushed for independence...
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Botswana Democratic Party (redirect from Bechuanaland Democratic Party)
political party in Botswana. From the country's inaugural election in 1965 until the 2024 general election the party governed the country without interruption...
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President of Botswana (redirect from Prime Minister of Bechuanaland)
Politics of Botswana First Lady of Botswana List of commissioners of Bechuanaland List of heads of government of Botswana Vice-President of Botswana "Salaries"...
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chiefdoms. The first elections held under universal suffrage took place in 1965, prior to independence 18 months later. The Bechuanaland Democratic Party...
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North-West constituency) in the 1965 general election, winning with 51.6% of the vote. It was the most competitive race of the election, and one of only two races...
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Kanye South (category 1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate)
Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY:...
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National Assembly of Botswana (category 1961 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate)
to vote. Note: In the pre-independence 1965 election, the Botswana Democratic Party was known as the Bechuanaland Democratic Party and the Botswana People's...
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Botswana (section General sources)
the area and declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland. As part of the decolonisation of Africa, Bechuanaland became an independent Commonwealth republic...
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History of Botswana (section Bechuanaland Protectorate)
encompasses the region's ancient and tribal history, its colonisation as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and the present-day Republic of Botswana. The first modern...
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Southern Rhodesia (category 1965 establishments in Africa)
Company (for whom the colony was named). The bounding territories were Bechuanaland (Botswana), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Portuguese Mozambique (Mozambique)...
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December The following events occurred in March 1965: The first general election in the Bechuanaland Protectorate to feature universal suffrage took place throughout...
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Rhodesia (category 1965 establishments in Africa)
government in 1923. A landlocked nation, Rhodesia was bordered by Botswana (Bechuanaland: British protectorate until 1966) to the southwest, Mozambique (Portuguese...
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cabinet minister. He lost his Smethwick parliamentary seat at the 1964 general election in a bitterly racial campaign conducted in the wake of local factory...
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Alec Douglas-Home (section Election to Parliament)
his time was spent on matters relating to Africa, where the futures of Bechuanaland and the Central African Federation needed to be agreed. Among other matters...
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third president of Botswana. Masire was born on 23 July 1925 in Kanye, Bechuanaland Protectorate, into a cattle-herding family to Gaipone (née Kgopo) and...
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Botswana Independence Party (redirect from Bechuanaland Independence Party)
of a minor opposition party. The party participated in five national elections (1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, and 1989), but managed to gain representation...
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Shoshong (Botswana constituency) (category 1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate)
Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY:...
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Tonota (Botswana constituency) (category 1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate)
Kebapetse, Lotshwao (21 April 2013). "Report on the 1965 General Election and the 1966 Local Government Election". Botswana Notes & Records. 41. Rochester, NY:...
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Tati West (category 1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate)
existed between 1965 and 1974, when it was replaced by North-East after two elections. It was restored in 2002 for the 2004 elections and acquired its...
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Ngami (Botswana constituency) (category 1965 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate)
created for the inaugural National Assembly elections in 1965 that has kept its name since then. From 1965 until the 2000s, Ngami was a safe seat for the...
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