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, 80 in single-seat constituencies and 40 by proportional representation; and the Senate, with 33 nominated members.
Latest elections
Main article: Lesotho general election, 2012
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | PR | Total | ||||
| Democratic Congress (DC) | 218,366 | 39.58 | 41 | 7 | 48 | New |
| All Basotho Convention (ABC) | 138,917 | 25.18 | 26 | 4 | 30 |  13 |
| Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) | 121,076 | 21.94 | 12 | 14 | 26 |  36 |
| Basotho National Party (BNP) | 23,788 | 4.31 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Popular Front for Democracy (PFD) | 11,166 | 2.02 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| National Independent Party (NIP) | 6,880 | 1.25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Lesotho Peoples' Congress (LPC) | 5,021 | 0.91 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  |
| Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP) | 3,433 | 0.62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) | 3,300 | 0.60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Basotho Congress Party (BCP) | 2,531 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Basotho Batho Democratic Party (BBDP) | 2,440 | 0.44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lesotho Workers' Party (LWP) | 2,408 | 0.44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| All Democratic Corporation (ADC) | 1,933 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lekhotla La Mekhoa le Moetlo (LMM) | 1,691 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Areka Covenant Front for Development (ACFD) | 1,227 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sankatana Social Democratic Party (SSDP) | 1,081 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Unity Movement (AUM) | 714 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| White Horse Party (WHP) | 252 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 5,502 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,725 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 564,451 | 100.00 | 80 | 40 | 120 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,127,980 | 50.04 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Independent Electoral Commission, Independent Electoral Commission, African Elections Database | ||||||
Past elections
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