The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a coalition of opposition parties in

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, formed ahead of the 1994 parliamentary election. The UDF consisted of the

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, the Botswana Workers Front and the

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. UDF opposed both the ruling

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and opposition

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. No UDF candidate was able to get elected.Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
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