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Lesotho National Assembly 2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll
Lesotho National Assembly Dates 2017
Lesotho National Assembly Date: 3 June 2017
Early general elections will be held in Lesotho on 3 June 2017 to elect all 120 seats of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament. The elections will be more than three years ahead of schedule due to a successful vote of no confidence against the incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.
After three years out of power, Pakalitha Mosisili returned to office as Prime Minister in the February 2015 general election as leader of the Democratic Congress, defeating Prime Minister Tom Thabane of the All Basotho Convention. However, in November 2016 an agreement was announced between the deputy leader of the Democratic Congress, Monyane Moleleki, and Tom Thabane to remove Mosisili and install Moleleki as Prime Minister. Moleleki was suspended from the Democratic Congress in December 2016 and launched a new party, the Alliance of Democrats, in January 2017.
On 12 February 2017 Thabane returned to Lesotho from self-imposed exile, declaring that Prime Minister Mosisili no longer commanded a parliamentary majority and vowing to oust him in a vote of no confidence. He claimed that he was risking his life by returning.
Lesotho National Assembly Results Live 2017
|
Party
|
Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Constituency | PR | Total | |||
| All Basotho Convention | 235729 | 40.52 | 47 | 1 | 48 |
| Democratic Congress | 150172 | 25.82 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| Lesotho Congress for Democracy | 52052 | 8.95 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Alliance of Democrats | 42686 | 7.34 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Movement for Economic Change | 29420 | 5.06 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Basotho National Party | 23541 | 4.05 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Popular Front for Democracy | 13200 | 2.27 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| National Independent Party | 6375 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reformed Congress of Lesotho | 4037 | 0.69 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Basutoland Congress Party | 3458 | 0.59 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Democratic Party of Lesotho | 2801 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marematlou Freedom Party | 2761 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Total
|
5,81,692 | 100 | 80 | 40 | 120 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,53,540 | 46.85 | – | – | – |
Electoral system of Lesotho
The 120 members of the National Assembly are elected using the mixed-member proportional representation system, with voters casting a single vote. Eighty members are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency in a closed list as leveling seats. The votes from every constituency are totalled (with votes cast for independent candidates ignored) to give a nationwide total for each party. A quota of the 120 total seats in the National Assembly is then calculated using each party's vote share and the number of seats won in constituencies is deducted in order to give the number of the 40 leveling seats that a party is due. If the total number of seats due to be awarded is less than 120, the highest remainder method is used to distribute the remaining levelling seats
Candidates for National Assembly 2017
Pakalitha Mosisili, Mothetjoa Metsing, Tom Thabane, Thesele Maseribane, Kimetso Mathaba, Kelebone Maope,
Lesotho Parties and leaders
Alliance of Congress Parties, Alliance of Democrats, All Basotho Convention, Basotho Batho Democratic Party, Basotho Congress Party, Basotho Democratic National Party, Basotho National Party.
Lesotho National Assembly Results
|
Party |
Votes |
Seats |
||||
|
No |
% |
Constituency |
Compensatory |
Total |
% |
|
|
Democratic Congress (DC) |
218 573 |
38.76 |
37 |
10 |
47 |
39.17 |
|
All Basotho Convention (ABC) |
215 022 |
38.13 |
40 |
6 |
46 |
38.33 |
|
Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) |
56 467 |
10.01 |
2 |
10 |
12 |
10.00 |
|
Basotho National Party (BNP) |
31 508 |
5.59 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
5.83 |
|
Popular Front For Democracy (PFD) |
9 829 |
1.74 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.67 |
|
Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) |
6 731 |
1.19 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.67 |
|
National Independent Party (NIP) |
5 404 |
0.96 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.83 |
|
Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) |
3 413 |
0.61 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.83 |
|
Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) |
2 721 |
0.48 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.83 |
|
Lesotho People's Congress (LPC) |
1 951 |
0.35 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.83 |
|
Others see below |
12 353 |
2.18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Total |
563 972 |
100.00 |
80 |
40 |
120 |
99.99 |
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