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Lesotho elects a legislature on the national level. The Parliament has two chambers: the National Assembly with 120 members, elected for a five-year term by Mixed Member Proportional Representation, 80 of which in single-seat constituencies; and the Senate, with 33 nominated members.
The elections were postponed in the Stadium Area constituency following the death of the Basotholand Total Liberation Congress candidate.
The ruling All Basotho Convention lost all its constituency seats, including that of party leader Nkaku Kabi. [1] Although the Democratic Congress party ran its campaign opposing the ABC, the party's recent support for the coalition government allowed the new Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party to seem more credible as a new start. [2]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPTP | List | Total | +/– | |||||
| Revolution for Prosperity | 199,867 | 38.81 | 56 | 0 | 56 | New | ||
| Democratic Congress | 128,105 | 24.87 | 18 | 11 | 29 | –1 | ||
| All Basotho Convention | 37,553 | 7.29 | 0 | 8 | 8 | –40 | ||
| Basotho Action Party | 29,118 | 5.65 | 0 | 6 | 6 | New | ||
| Alliance of Democrats | 20,798 | 4.04 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –4 | ||
| Movement for Economic Change | 17,093 | 3.32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –2 | ||
| Lesotho Congress for Democracy | 12,174 | 2.36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –8 | ||
| Socialist Revolutionaries | 10,738 | 2.08 | 1 | 1 | 2 | New | ||
| Basotho National Party | 7,343 | 1.43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –4 | ||
| Popular Front for Democracy | 4,636 | 0.90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | ||
| Mpulule Political Summit | 4,482 | 0.87 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | ||
| Basotho Convenant Movement | 4,112 | 0.80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | ||
| HOPE – Mphatlalatsane | 3,713 | 0.72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | ||
| National Independent Party | 3,703 | 0.72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Basotho Patriotic Party | 3,198 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| United for Change | 2,921 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Lesotho People's Congress | 2,069 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alliance for Free Movement | 2,002 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basutoland Congress Party | 1,908 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Reformed Congress of Lesotho | 1,805 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Marematlou Freedom Party | 1,764 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Basotho Liberation Movement | 1,527 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Democratic Congress | 1,166 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Democratic National Party | 1,165 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lesotho Economic Freedom | 1,153 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Economic Enrichment | 1,005 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Total Liberation Congress | 883 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Khothalang Basotho | 828 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| African Unity Movement | 750 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Your Opportunity and Network Alliance | 716 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Lekhotla la Mekhoa le Meetlo | 577 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Basotho Social Party | 557 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Metsi and Natural Resources Party | 533 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Poverty Solution Party | 471 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Bahlabani ba Tokoloho Movement | 468 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Development Party for All | 461 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basutholand African National Congress | 446 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Revolutionary Alliance of Democracy | 428 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Tsepo Ea Basotho | 421 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| African Ark | 344 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Council for Economic Freedom | 302 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Basotho Redevelopment Party | 288 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Empowerment Movement for Basotho | 279 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mookoli Theological Front | 264 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Yearn for Economic Sustainability | 228 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| People's Convention | 225 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Allies for Patriotic Change | 195 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Prayer Shawl and Light | 113 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Independents | 123 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vacant | 1 | – | 1 | – | ||||
| Total | 515,018 | 100.00 | 80 | 40 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Source: IEC | ||||||||
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