Mabuse Pule, Karabo Gare, Kagiso Mmusi, and Palelo Motaosane have emerged as the only parliamentary survivors after the BDP experienced its deadliest election crash since independence in 1966. Even at the top of BDP's tree, there were no survivors as the country's First Citizen and former president, Mokgweetsi Masisi was a victim of his parliamentary candidates' failure to garner sufficient votes.
His number two, Slumber Tsogwane's dream of ascending to the top seat was brutally shattered by Sam Digwa in the Boteti contest. Secretary-general Kavis Kario was also not shown any mercy in Ngami. The calamity was not confined to certain geographic locations, but was felt across the length and breadth of the vast expanse. As the results trickled in, Masisi was shocked and so too was the victor, Duma Boko at the margin of the annihilation. But from the rubble, the BDP, which rapidly fell from being the ruling party to a minority opposition, had four members still standing despite a crash that reduced the once-dominant force into a mangled metal. In the Thamaga-Kumakwane constituency, Motaosane, like many other democrats, was expected to canter to victory with little challenge from the opposition.
