The National Assembly of Lesotho is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament

Parliament of Lesotho

The Parliament of Lesotho consists of two chambers:*The Senate *The National Assembly -External links:*****...

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The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 17 February 2007, has a total of 120 members. 80 members are elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post

First-past-the-post

First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...

) system. The remaining 40 members are elected through proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

 and national party-lists. Members serve five-year terms.
Ntlhoi Motsamai

Ntlhoi Motsamai

Ntlhoi Motsamai is a politician in Lesotho, currently the speaker of the National Assembly of Lesotho. She is the youngest speaker in Africa, being elected to parliament in 1995 and selected to be speaker in 1999 and re-elected in 2002....

 is the current Speaker

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 of the National Assembly.

Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party 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...	Election Election An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...  Year
1965 (1)	1970 (2)	1993	1998	2002
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...  (BCP)	25	36	65	-	03
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....  (BNP)	31	23	-	01	21
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....  (BAC)	-	-	-	-	03
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....  (LCD)	-	-	-	79	77
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...  (LPC)	-	-	-	-	05
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....  (LWP)	-	-	-	-	01
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...  (MFP)	04	01	-	-	01
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%...  (NIP)	-	-	-	-	05
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....  (NPP)	-	-	-	-	01
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....  (PFD)	-	-	-	-	01
Vacant	-	-	-	-	02
Total	60	60	65	80	120

See also

• Senate of Lesotho
  Senate of Lesotho
  The Senate of Lesotho is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament.The current Senate has a total of 33 members. 22 are hereditary Principal chiefs and 11 are nominated by the King. Members serve five-year terms....
  
   - the upper chamber of Parliament
• History of Lesotho
  History of Lesotho
  The area now known as Lesotho goes back as many as 40,000 years. The present Lesotho emerged as a single polity under paramount chief Moshoeshoe I in 1822...
  
  
• Legislative branch
• List of national legislatures
• List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho

External links

• National Assembly of Lesotho - Official site