The Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) was a progressive political party in Botswana, led by Ephraim Lepetu Setshwaelo. Prior to the 2009 election the party entered into an electoral pact with the Botswana Congress Party.^[1][2] In the 2009 elections, the party won a seat in the National Assembly of Botswana for the first time.^{[citation needed]}