List of political parties in Lesotho

This article lists political parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

in Lesotho
Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

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Lesotho is a one party dominant state

Dominant-party system

A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a system where there is "a category of parties/political organizations that have successively won election victories and whose future defeat cannot be envisaged or is unlikely for the foreseeable future." A wide range of parties have been...

with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy

Lesotho Congress for Democracy

The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 elections with 60.7% of the popular vote and 79 out of 80 seats....

in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

The parties

Alliance of Congress Parties
Alliance of Congress Parties
The Alliance of Congress Parties is an electoral alliance in Lesotho, consisting of the Lesotho Peoples' Congress, the Basutoland African Congress, and the Basotho Congress Party. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the alliance won 3 out of 120 seats....
All Basotho Convention
All Basotho Convention
The All Basotho Convention is a political party in Lesotho. The party was formed in October 2006 and is headed by Tom Thabane, a former minister in the Lesotho Congress for Democracy led government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili....
Basotho Batho Democratic Party
Basotho Congress Party
Basotho Congress Party
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho, led by Ntsukunyane Mphanya.The Basutoland African Congress was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party in 1957 and retained this name after...
Basotho Democratic National Party
Basotho National Party
Basotho National Party
The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho, founded in the 1959 as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. He was Prime Minister from 1965 until the coup of 1986....
Basutoland African Congress
Basutoland African Congress
The Basutoland African Congress is a political party in Lesotho.At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 2.9 % of popular votes and 3 out of 120 seats....
Communist Party of Lesotho
Communist Party of Lesotho
The Communist Party of Lesotho is a political party in Lesotho, founded on May 5, 1962. The founding secretary of the party was John Motloheloa. Other early leaders of the party included Mokhafisi Kena and Sefali Malefane...
Hareeng Basotho Party
Kopanang Basotho Party
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 elections with 60.7% of the popular vote and 79 out of 80 seats....
Lesotho Peoples' Congress
Lesotho Peoples' Congress
The Lesotho Peoples' Congress is a political party in Lesotho. It was formed as a split from the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy by that party's Lesiba faction after Deputy Prime Minister Kelebone Maope resigned from the government in September 2001, and it was registered on October 8, 2001...
Lesotho Workers' Party
Lesotho Workers' Party
The Lesotho Workers' Party is a political party in Lesotho.At the last elections for the National Assembly, held on 25 May 2002, the party won 1.4 % of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 10 seats through proportional representation....
Marematlou Freedom Party
Marematlou Freedom Party
The Marematlou Freedom Party is a political party in Lesotho. It was originally formed in 1956 by Chief Seepheephe Matete and members of his Bafokeng clan as a pressure group called the Marema Tlou that succeeded in installing Constantine Bereng Seeiso as paramount chief in 1960...
National Independent Party
National Independent Party
The National Independent Party is a political party in Lesotho.The NIP was founded by Anthony Manyeli as a split from the Basotho National Party. It performed poorly in the 1993 and 1998 parliamentary elections, but in the election for the National Assembly held on 25 May 2002, the party won 5.5%...
National Progressive Party
National Progressive Party (Lesotho)
The National Progressive Party is a political party in Lesotho.At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 0.7% of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats....
New Lesotho Freedom Party
Popular Front for Democracy
Popular Front for Democracy
The Popular Front for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.At the elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 1.1% of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party kept 1 seat....
Sefate Democratic Union
Sefate Democratic Union
The Sefate Democratic Union is a political party in Lesotho.In the last elections for the National Assembly held on 25 May 2002, the party won 0.3% of the popular vote and no seats.Ke satane ea party feela esenyang moruo ua naha ea Basotho. Ho molemo hore e felisoe hammo le baetapele ba eona....
Social Democratic Party
United Party

The parties

See also