2012 Lesotho general election

General elections were held in Lesotho on 26 May 2012. The incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's newly formed Democratic Congress won a majority of single-member seats. He also won his seat by the second-largest margin of victory. However, they only had a plurality in the overall tally and coalition talks are taking place.

2012 Lesotho general election
26 May 2012
All 120 seats in the National Assembly
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
DC Pakalitha Mosisili 39.58 48 New
ABC Tom Thabane 25.18 30 +13
LCD Mothetjoa Metsing 21.94 26 −3
BNP Justin Lekhanya 4.31 5 +2
PFD 2.02 3 +2
NIP 1.25 2 −19
LPC 0.91 1 0
BDNP 0.62 1 0
MFP 0.60 1 0
BCP 0.46 1 0
BBDP 0.44 1 0
LWP 0.44 1 −9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Pakalitha Mosisili
DC		 Tom Thabane
ABC
Politics of Lesotho
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