Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi accepted defeat on Friday after his party polled a distant fourth, according to electoral commission tallies.
Masisi’s concession came even before the final results were announced. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Masisi’s party, has been in power since independence from Britain in 1966.
Masisi congratulated the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the opposition party with an overwhelming lead in results announced so far.
Duma Boko, the UDC candidate, will most likely become the country’s next president.