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General elections were held in Botswana on 16 October 2009. They were the 10th general elections held since Botswana’s independence in 1966. Botswana’s parliament has 61 seats of which 57 are elected using a single-member district plurality system meaning there are 57 constituencies each electing a single MP. Four more seats are co-opted: elected MPs vote on who will occupy them.