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National Assembly of Lesotho

National Assembly of Lesotho

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The National Assembly of Lesotho is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament
Parliament of Lesotho
The Parliament of Lesotho consists of two chambers:*The Senate *The National Assembly -External links:*****...

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The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 17 February 2007, has a total of 120 members. 80 members are elected in single member constituencies
Constituency
A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...

 using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 40 members are elected through proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of electoral formula aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive...

 and national party-lists.
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The National Assembly of Lesotho is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament
Parliament of Lesotho
The Parliament of Lesotho consists of two chambers:*The Senate *The National Assembly -External links:*****...

.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 17 February 2007, has a total of 120 members. 80 members are elected in single member constituencies
Constituency
A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...

 using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 40 members are elected through proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of electoral formula aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive...

 and national party-lists. Members serve five-year terms.
Ntlhoi Motsamai
Ntlhoi Motsamai
Ntlhoi Motsamai is a politician in Lesotho, currently the speaker of the National Assembly of Lesotho. She is the youngest speaker in Africa, being elected to parliament in 1995 and selected to be speaker in 1999 and re-elected in 2002....

 is the current Speaker
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the...

 of the National Assembly.

Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns...

 Election
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and...

 Year
1965 (1) 1970 (2) 1993 1998 2002
Basotho Congress Party
Basotho Congress Party
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho, led by Ntsukunyane Mphanya.The Basutoland African Congress was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party in 1957 and retained this name after...

 (BCP)		 25 36 65 - 03
Basotho National Party
Basotho National Party
The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho, founded in the 1959 as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. He was Prime Minister from 1965 until the coup of 1986....

 (BNP)		 31 23 - 01 21
Basutoland African Congress
Basutoland African Congress
The Basutoland African Congress is a political party in Lesotho.At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 2.9 % of popular votes and 3 out of 120 seats....

 (BAC)		 - - - - 03
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 elections with 60.7% of the popular vote and 79 out of 80 seats....

 (LCD)		 - - - 79 77
Lesotho Peoples' Congress
Lesotho Peoples' Congress
The Lesotho Peoples' Congress is a political party in Lesotho. It was formed as a split from the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy by that party's Lesiba faction after Deputy Prime Minister Kelebone Maope resigned from the government in September 2001, and it was registered on October 8 2001...

 (LPC)		 - - - - 05
Lesotho Workers' Party
Lesotho Workers' Party
The Lesotho Workers' Party is a political party in Lesotho.At the last elections for the National Assembly, held on 25 May 2002, the party won 1.4 % of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 10 seats through proportional representation....

 (LWP)		 - - - - 01
Marematlou Freedom Party
Marematlou Freedom Party
The Marematlou Freedom Party is a political party in Lesotho.In the 2002 legislative elections for the National Assembly, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and 1 out of 120 seats. In kept this seat in the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election....

 (MFP)		 04 01 - - 01
National Independent Party
National Independent Party
The National Independent Party is a political party in Lesotho.The NIP was founded by Anthony Manyeli as a split from the Basotho National Party. It performed poorly in the 1993 and 1998 parliamentary elections, but in the election for the National Assembly held on 25 May 2002, the party won 5.5%...

 (NIP)		 - - - - 05
National Progressive Party
National Progressive Party (Lesotho)
The National Progressive Party is a political party in Lesotho.At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 0.7% of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats....

 (NPP)		 - - - - 01
Popular Front for Democracy
Popular Front for Democracy
The Popular Front for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.At the elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 1.1% of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party kept 1 seat....

 (PFD)		 - - - - 01
Vacant - - - - 02
Total 60 60 65 80 120

See also

  • Senate of Lesotho
    Senate of Lesotho
    The Senate of Lesotho is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament.The current Senate has a total of 33 members. 22 are hereditary Principal chiefs and 11 are nominated by the King. Members serve five-year terms....

     - the upper chamber of Parliament
  • History of Lesotho
    History of Lesotho
    The area now known as Lesotho goes back as many as 40,000 years. The present Lesotho emerged as a single polity under paramount chief Moshoeshoe I in 1822...

  • Legislative branch
  • List of national legislatures
  • List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho

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