GABORONE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- President Seretse Khama Ian Khama was declared as reelected on Sunday after his ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the majority of parliament seats in the country's 11th general elections on Oct. 24.
Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo made the announcement in a televised-address to the nation. Ian Khama will be sworn in on Oct. 28, he added.
Botswanians casted their ballots on Friday to choose the 57 members of the National Assembly and 490 councillors for local governments.
According to the country's law, the presidential candidate from the political party that wins 29 or more of the parliament seats will be elected as president.
Born in 1953, Ian Khama is the elder son of Botswana's founding president Seretse Khama. He succeeded Festus Mogae as president in 2008 after the latter's retirement. He was elected as president in the following year.
The BDP has been in power since the African nation's independence in 1966 and its election victory this year was widely expected.
