2002 Lesotho general election

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General elections were held in Lesotho on 25 May 2002. The result was a victory for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, which took over 50% of the vote and 77 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly. It was the first election held in Lesotho under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system, with 80 seats elected in first-past-the-post constituencies, and 40 using a proportional representation-based compensatory system. 554,386 of the 831,515 registered voters cast valid votes. [1]

Results

PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Lesotho Congress for Democracy 304,31654.890309,36357.647777–2
Basotho National Party 124,23422.4121115,08521.44021+20
Lesotho People's Congress 32,0465.78433,5026.2415New
National Independent Party 30,3465.4754,2580.7905+5
Basutoland African Congress 16,0952.90316,7373.1203New
Basutoland Congress Party 14,5842.63312,8222.3903+3
Lesotho Workers' Party 7,7881.4017,7061.4401New
Marematlou Freedom Party 6,8901.2417,7231.4401+1
Popular Front for Democracy 6,3301.1417,1801.3401+1
National Progressive Party 3,9850.7214,0470.7501+1
Christian Democratic Party1,9190.3501,2660.2400New
New Lesotho Freedom Party1,6710.3001,7530.3300New
Sefate Democratic Union1,5840.2901,8450.34000
Kopanang Basotho Party1,1550.2101790.03000
United Party9010.1602080.0400New
Social Democratic Party5420.1000New
Lesotho Labour Party–UDP9940.19000
Lesotho Education Party7680.14000
National Democratic Party3890.0700New
Independents10,8702.03000
Vacant22
Total554,386100.0040536,695100.0080120+40
Registered voters/turnout831,515
Source: African Elections Database, EISA, CLEA

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