Umbrella for Democratic Change

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is a political alliance in Botswana. The UDC was founded in November 2012 by members from various opposition parties, including the BDP and BMD. They rallied together in the run-up to the 2014 elections by the Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana Movement for Democracy and the Botswana People's Party with the aim of uniting the opposition in the 2014 elections . In February 2017 the Botswana Congress Party, which contested the 2014 elections independently, joined the coalition. The coalition is currently led by Duma Boko from the BNF and plans to contest the 2019 general election jointly, standing a single opposition candidate in each constituency against the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.
That organization of the opposition party presented an unprecedented challenge to the longtime-ruling Botswana Democratic Party, but the Botswana Democratic Party was victorious in elections held on October 24, 2014. The Botswana Democratic Party, which garnered 37 seats, maintained a majority in the National Assembly, although it won fewer seats than it had in previous elections.
The UDC won 17 seats and the Botswana Congress Party won 3 seats. Khama was easily reelected by the legislative body to another term as president.