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National Assembly

Paramente ea Lesotho

10th Parliament
Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg
Type
Type

Lower House
of the Parliament of Lesotho
History
Founded April 1965
Leadership
speaker

Sephiri Motanyane
Deputy Speaker

Teboho Lehloenya AD
Structure
Seats 120
Lesotho National Assembly Chart 2017.svg
Political groups
Government

  ABC: 51 seats


  AD: 9 seats


  BNP: 5 seats


  RCL: 1 seat

Opposition



  DC: 30 seats


  LCD: 11 seats


  MEC: 6 seats


  Others: 7 seats
Length of term
 5 years
Elections
Voting system
 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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The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Lesotho's bicameral Parliament.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Composition


  • 2 Latest election


  • 3 See also


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





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.



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Party
 Votes
 %
 Seats
 +/–

Constituency
PR
 Total

All Basotho Convention[a]
 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[a]
 – – 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




  1. ^ ab 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]






  1. ^ "National Assembly". Government of Lesotho. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ 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



Notes





References





External links


  • Official website








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