BDP pushes to improve popular vote

Recently, President Mokgweetsi Masisi who is also the helmsman at the BDP announced that he wants the ruling party’s popular vote to hover around 60% to 70% in the coming general election.

In the 2019 General Election, according to an election report, the BDP garnered the popular vote of 52%, seconded by Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) with 36%. As for Local Government seats contested for and won per political parties, it shows that the BDP contested in all 490 polling districts and won 334 seats.