National Assembly (Lesotho)
The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Lesotho's bicameral Parliament.[1]
National Assembly Paramente ea Lesotho | |
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| 10th Parliament | |
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| Type | Lower House of the Parliament of Lesotho |
| History | |
| Founded | April 1965 |
| Leadership | |
Sephiri Motanyane since 12 June 2017 | |
Deputy Speaker | Teboho Lehloenya AD |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 120 |
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Political groups | Government (66)
Opposition (54) Others: 7 seats
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Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| Mixed-member proportional representation | |
Last election | 3 June 2017 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Maseru, Lesotho | |
| Website | |
| www.parliament.ls | |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Lesotho |
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Composition
The current National Assembly 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.
Sephiri Motanyane is the current Speaker of the National Assembly.
Latest election
| 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 | 581,692 | 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.[2]
- "National Assembly". Government of Lesotho. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- Final elections tally announced Lesotho Times, 6 June 2017
See also
- Senate of Lesotho - the upper chamber of Parliament
- History of Lesotho
- List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho
References
External links
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