The National Assembly of Lesotho is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. A lower house (sometimes known as the first chamber) is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. ... In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ...

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 25 May 2002, has a total of 120 members. 80 members are elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 40 members are elected through proportional representation and national party-lists. Members serve five-year terms. May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... Proportional representation (PR) is a (by necessity multi-winner) electoral system whose use tends to make elections result in groups of votes being represented in proportional fractions in some body of representatives, i. ...

Political party distribution in the current National Assembly is as follows:

• Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) - 77 Seats
• Basotho National Party (BNP) - 21 Seats
• Lesotho Peoples' Congress (LPC) - 5 Seats
• National Independent Party (NIP) - 5 Seats
• Basutoland African Congress (BAC) - 3 Seats
• Basotho Congress Party (BCP) - 3 Seats
• Lesotho Workers' Party (LWP) - 1 Seat
• Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) - 1 Seat
• Popular Front for Democracy (PFD) - 1 Seat
• National Progressive Party (NPP) - 1 Seat

(Note: There are two vacant seats in the National Assembly.) Politics of Lesotho Categories: Politics stubs | Lesotho political parties ... The Basotho National Party is a conservative political party in Lesotho, founded in the 1959 as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. ... The Lesotho Peoples Congress is a political party in Lesotho. ... The National Independent Party is a political party in Lesotho. ... The Basutoland African Congress is a political party in Lesotho. ... The Basutoland Congress Party (also rendered as Basotho Congress Party, is a pan-africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho, led by Molapo Qholeba. ... The Lesotho Workers Party is a political party in Lesotho. ... The Marematlou Freedom Party is a political party in Lesotho. ... The Popular Front for Democracy (Khoeetsa ea Sechaba) is a political party in Lesotho. ... The National Progressive Party is a political party in Lesotho. ...

Fourteen women occupy seats in the National Assembly.

Ntlhoi Motsamai is the current Speaker of the National Assembly. The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (i. ...

Previous National Assembly election results

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Notes

1. In the pre-independence 1965 election, the Basotho National Party was known as the Basutoland National Party and the Basotho Congress Party was known as the Basutoland Congress Party.
2. The results of the 1970 election were annulled soon after they were announced.

See also

• Senate of Lesotho - the upper chamber of Parliament
• History of Lesotho
• Legislative branch
• List of national legislatures

An upper house (sometimes known as a second chamber) is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. ... Basutoland — now Lesotho (pronounced le-SOO-too) — was sparsely populated by Bushmen (Qhuaique) until the end of the 16th century. ... This is a list of national legislatures, whether parliamentary or congressional, that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives with the power to legislate. ...

External link

• National Assembly of Lesotho - Official site