National Assembly (Lesotho)

National Assembly
9th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Lesotho
History
Founded	April 1965
New session started	10 March 2015
Leadership
Speaker	Ntlhoi Motsamai
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	ABC: 46 seats   Others: 8 seats   BNP: 7 seats   LCD: 12 seats   DC: 47 seats
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election	28 February 2015
Meeting place
Maseru, Lesotho
Website
www.parliament.ls

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The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Lesotho's bicameral Parliament.

Composition

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 26 May 2012, has a total of 120 members. 80 members are elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 40 members are elected through proportional representation and national party-lists. Members serve five-year terms.

Ntlhoi Motsamai is the current Speaker of the National Assembly.

Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
	1965 (1)	1970 (2)	1993	1998	2002	2007	2012
Basotho Congress Party (BCP)	25	36	65	-	03	02	01
Basotho National Party (BNP)	31	23	-	01	21	03	05
Basutoland African Congress (BAC)	-	-	-	-	03	-	-
Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)	-	-	-	79	77	62	26
Lesotho Peoples' Congress (LPC)	-	-	-	-	05	-	01
Lesotho Workers' Party (LWP)	-	-	-	-	01	10	01
Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP)	04	01	-	-	01	01	01
National Independent Party (NIP)	-	-	-	-	05	21	02
National Progressive Party (NPP)	-	-	-	-	01	-	-
Popular Front for Democracy (PFD)	-	-	-	-	01	01	03
All Basotho Convention (ABC)	-	-	-	-	-	17	30
Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP)	-	-	-	-	-	01	01
Basotho Batho Democratic Party (BBDP)	-	-	-	-	-	01	01
Democratic Congress (DC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
Vacant	-	-	-	-	02	01	-
Total	60	60	65	80	120	120	120

2015 election

Party		Votes	%	Seats			+/–
				Constituency	PR	Total
	Democratic Congress	218,573	38.37	37	10	47	–1
	All Basotho Convention	215,022	37.75	40	6	46	+16
	Lesotho Congress for Democracy	56,467	9.91	2	10	12	–14
	Basotho National Party	31,508	5.53	1	6	7	+2
	Popular Front for Democracy	9,829	1.73	0	2	2	–1
	Reformed Congress of Lesotho	6,731	1.18	0	2	2	New
	National Independent Party	5,404	0.95	0	1	1	–1
	Marematlou Freedom Party	3,413	0.60	0	1	1	0
	Basutoland Congress Party	2,721	0.48	0	1	1	0
	Lesotho People's Congress	1,951	0.34	0	1	1	0
	Basotho Democratic National Party	1,901	0.33	0	0	0	–1
	All Democratic Corporation	1,689	0.30	0	0	0	0
	Basotho Batho Democratic Party	1,285	0.23	0	0	0	–1
	Hamore Democratic Party	1,265	0.22	0	0	0	New
	Baena	1,259	0.22	0	0	0	New
	Lekhotla La Mekhoa le Moetlo	1,008	0.18	0	0	0	0
	Community Freedom Movement	941	0.17	0	0	0	New
	Progressive Democrats	751	0.13	0	0	0	New
	Basotho African National Congress	582	0.10	0	0	0	New
	Lesotho Workers' Party	577	0.10	0	0	0	–1
	Tsebe Social Democrats	531	0.09	0	0	0	New
	African Unity Movement	390	0.07	0	0	0	0
	White Horse Party	174	0.03	0	0	0	0
	Independents	5,651	0.99	0	–	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		7,754	–	–	–	–	–
Total		577,377	100	80	40	120	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,209,192	47.75	–	–	–	–
Source: IEC Lesotho, Election Passport

Notes

1. In the pre-independence 1965 election, the Basotho National Party was known as the Basutoland National Party and the Basotho Congress Party was known as the Basutoland Congress Party.
2. The results of the 1970 election were annulled soon after they were announced.

See also

• Senate of Lesotho - the upper chamber of Parliament
• History of Lesotho
• List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho

External links

• Official website