Socialist Revolutionaries Kanana Ea Basotho | |
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Abbreviation | SR |
Leader | Teboho Mojapela |
Founder | Teboho Mojapela |
Founded | October 2017 |
Registered | 28 January 2018 |
Split from | All Basotho Convention |
Ideology | Socialism [1] [ better source needed ] |
Colours | Red Black |
National Assembly | 2 / 120 |
Website | |
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The Socialist Revolutionaries (SR; Sotho : Kanana Ea Basotho) is a political party in Lesotho founded in October 2017 by Teboho Mojapela, a former member of the ABC. [2] [3] The party was registered on 28 January 2018. [4]
in 2019 the party organized farmer protests against Prime Minister Tom Thabane. [5]
In the 2022 general election, the party won 2 seats in the National Assembly. [6]
Election | Votes | Share | Seats | +/- | Government |
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2022 | 10,738 | 2.08 | 2 / 120 | New | Opposition |
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