2015 Lesotho general election

2015 Lesotho general election
Lesotho
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All 120 seats in the National Assembly
61 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
DC Pakalitha Mosisili 38.37 47 −1
ABC Tom Thabane 37.75 46 +16
LCD Mothetjoa Metsing 9.91 12 −14
BNP Thesele Maseribane 5.53 7 +2
PFD 1.73 2 −1
RCL 1.18 2 New
NIP Kimetso Mathaba 0.95 1 −1
MFP 0.60 1 0
BCP 0.48 1 0
LPC Kelebone Maope 0.34 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Tom Thabane
ABC		 Pakalitha Mosisili
DC
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General elections were held in Lesotho on 28 February 2015 for all 120 seats of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho, more than two years ahead of schedule due to the 2014 political crisis.[1] Following mediation facilitated by the Southern African Development Community (SADC),[2] King Letsie III on the advice of the incumbent Prime Minister Tom Thabane, dissolved the Eighth Parliament and called a snap election.[3]

Lesotho uses the mixed-member proportional representation voting system. More than 1.2 million voters had been registered by the Independent Electoral Commission.[4] The army was confined to the barracks on the election day.[5] The opposition Democratic Congress managed to form a coalition government as no party achieved an outright majority.[6] Voter turnout was 48%.

  1. ^ "Lesotho votes in elections hoped to resolve tensions". Deutsche Welle. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Statement by SADC EOM" (PDF). Maseru: Southern African Development Community. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Dissolution of the Parliament" (PDF) (Press release). Office of Government Secretary. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  4. ^ "Health of the Election Voters Register". Independent Electoral Commission. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Army confined to barracks as Lesotho votes". News24. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Lesotho's opposition forms coalition after tight election". Reuters. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.