Elections in Lesotho
Lesotho elects a legislature on national level. The Parliament has two chambers: the National Assembly with 120 members, elected for a five-year term, 80 in single-seat constituencies and 40 by proportional representation; and the Senate, with 33 nominated members.
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Latest election
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||||||||||
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| FPTP | PR | Total | ||||||||||||
| All Basotho Convention[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||||||||
| Democratic Party of Lesotho | 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[lower-alpha 1] | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,617 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Total | 587,309 | 100 | 80 | 40 | 120 | 0 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,253,540 | 46.85 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Source: IEC | ||||||||||||||
- An additional three seats were won by ABC candidates, but the results in those constituencies was declared null, because candidates had died before the election.[1]
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See also
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
Notes
References
- Final elections tally announced Lesotho Times, 6 June 2017
External links
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