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
				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[]

External links[]

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database

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