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GABORONE, Oct. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Voters in diamond-rich Botswana are going
to the polls on Saturday morning electing 57 members to the 62-seat parliament.
The five other members are appointed by the president..
More than 552,000 people, or 68 percent of the eligible voters,are
expected to cast their ballots at 2,179 polling stations across the southern
African country with a population of 1.76 million.
The leader of the party that wins the majority of seats in parliament is
declared president. Enditem
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