1969 Botswana general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Botswana

| type = Legislative

| previous_election = 1965 Bechuanaland general election

| previous_year = 1965

| outgoing_members = 1st Parliament of Botswana

| election_date = 18 October 1969

| next_election = 1974 Botswana general election

| next_year = 1974

| elected_members = 2nd Parliament of Botswana

| seats_for_election = 31 of the 35 seats in the National Assembly

| majority_seats = 16

| registered = 140,428

| turnout = 54.73% (of registered voters) ({{decrease}}19.81pp)
37.46% (of eligible population) ({{decrease}}32.00pp){{refn|group=n|{{Cite book |url=https://www.iec.gov.bw/images/Voter_Apathy_PRINT.pdf |title=National Study On Voter Apathy in Botswana |publisher=IEC Botswana |others=University of Botswana |year=2022 |pages=17 |language=en-GB}}}}

| image1 = Seretse_Khama_during_Independence_Talks.png

| leader1 = Seretse Khama

| party1 = Botswana Democratic Party

| last_election1 = 80.38%, 28 seats

| leaders_seat1 = Serowe North

| seats1 = 24

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4

| popular_vote1 = 52,518

| percentage1 = 68.33%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}12.05pp

| image2 = Bathoen Gaseitsiwe - 1966.png

| leader2 = Bathoen Gaseitsiwe

| party2 = Botswana National Front

| leaders_seat2 = Kanye South

| last_election2 = –

| seats2 = 3

| seat_change2 = New

| popular_vote2 = 10,410

| percentage2 = 13.54%

| swing2 = New

| image4 = Philip_Matante_during_Independence_Talks.png

| leader4 = Philip Matante

| party4 = BPP

| last_election4 = 14.18%, 3 seats

| leaders_seat4 = Francistown/Tati East

| seats4 = 3

| seat_change4 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote4 = 9,964

| percentage4 = 12.14%

| swing4 = {{decrease}}2.04pp

| image5 = Motsamai Mpho 1965.png

| leader5 = Motsamai Mpho

| party5 = BIP

| leaders_seat5 = Okavango

| last_election5 = 4.61%, 0 seats

| seats5 = 1

| seat_change5 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote5 = 4,601

| percentage5 = 5.99%

| swing5 = {{increase}}1.38pp

| map_image = 1969 Botswana National Assembly election - Results by constituency.svg

| map_caption = Results by constituency

| title = President

| before_election = Seretse Khama

| before_party = BDP

| posttitle =

| after_election = Seretse Khama

| after_party = BDP

}}{{Politics of Botswana}}

General elections were held in Botswana on 18 October 1969, the first since independence in September 1966. The result was a second successive landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), who won 24 of the 31 elected seats,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p113 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}} including three in which they were unopposed.[http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/bot1969election.htm Botswana: The October 1969 General Election] EISA