Elections in Lesotho
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Lesotho elects a legislature on national level. The Parliament has two chambers: the National Assembly with 120 members, elected for a five-year term by Mixed Member Proportional Representation, 80 of which in single-seat constituencies; and the Senate, with 33 nominated members.
Previous elections[]
- 1970 Lesotho general election
- 1985 Lesotho general election
- 1993 Lesotho general election
- 1998 Lesotho general election
- 2002 Lesotho general election
- 2007 Lesotho general election
- 2012 Lesotho general election
- 2015 Lesotho general election
Latest election[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Constituency | PR | Total | +/– | |||||
All Basotho Convention[a] | 235,729 | 40.52 | 47 | 1 | 48 | +2 | ||
Democratic Congress | 150,172 | 25.82 | 26 | 4 | 30 | –17 | ||
Lesotho Congress for Democracy | 52,052 | 8.95 | 1 | 10 | 11 | –1 | ||
Alliance of Democrats | 42,686 | 7.34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | New | ||
Movement for Economic Change | 29,420 | 5.06 | 1 | 5 | 6 | New | ||
Basotho National Party | 23,541 | 4.05 | 0 | 5 | 5 | –2 | ||
Popular Front for Democracy | 13,200 | 2.27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | ||
National Independent Party | 6,375 | 1.10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Reformed Congress of Lesotho | 4,037 | 0.69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | ||
Basutoland Congress Party | 3,458 | 0.59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2,801 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |||
Marematlou Freedom Party | 2,761 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lesotho People's Congress | 2,364 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
Basotho Democratic National Party | 1,818 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lesotho Workers' Party | 1,711 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Baena | 1,393 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hamore Democratic Party | 1,311 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lekhotla la Mekhoa le Meetlo | 1,024 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Majalefa Development Movement | 1,024 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
True Reconciliation Unity | 817 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Basutoland African National Congress | 684 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tsebe Social Democrats | 402 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Community Freedom Movement | 322 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Basotho Thabeng ea Sinai | 279 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Sankatana Social Democracy | 246 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
All Democratic Cooperation | 170 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
White Horse Party | 139 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
African Unity Movement | 78 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
IND PR | 37 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
Independent | 1,641 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vacant[a] | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | ||||
Total | 581,692 | 100.00 | 80 | 40 | 120 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 581,692 | 99.04 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,617 | 0.96 | ||||||
Total votes | 587,309 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,253,540 | 46.85 | ||||||
Source: IEC |
See also[]
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Final elections tally announced Lesotho Times, 6 June 2017
External links[]
Categories:
- Elections in Lesotho
- Lesotho stubs
- African election stubs