2015 Lesotho general election

General elections were held in Lesotho on 28 February 2015 for all 120 seats of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho, more than two years ahead of schedule due to the 2014 political crisis. Following mediation facilitated by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), King Letsie III on the advice of the incumbent Prime Minister Tom Thabane, dissolved the Eighth Parliament and called a snap election.

2015 Lesotho general election

28 February 2015

All 120 seats in the National Assembly
61 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
DC Pakalitha Mosisili 38.37 47 −1
ABC Tom Thabane 37.75 46 +16
LCD Mothetjoa Metsing 9.91 12 −14
BNP Thesele Maseribane 5.53 7 +2
PFD 1.73 2 −1
RCL 1.18 2 New
NIP Kimetso Mathaba 0.95 1 −1
MFP 0.60 1 0
BCP 0.48 1 0
LPC Kelebone Maope 0.34 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Tom Thabane
ABC
Pakalitha Mosisili
DC

Lesotho uses the mixed-member proportional representation voting system. More than 1.2 million voters had been registered by the Independent Electoral Commission. The army was confined to the barracks on the election day. The opposition Democratic Congress managed to form a coalition government as no party achieved an outright majority. Voter turnout was 48%.

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