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v. t. e. 29°19′22″S27°29′33″E / 29.322739542481237°S 27.49252454519462°E. The Parliament of Lesotho ( Sotho: Palamente ea Lesotho) is the national legislature of Lesotho and consists of two chambers: the Senate ( upper chamber) and the National Assembly ( lower chamber ).
The current National Assembly 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.
The ruling resulted in the Democratic Congress losing three proportional representation seats, while the Alliance of Democrats lost one PR seat; the Basotho National Party gained an additional PR seat, while the Lesotho People's Congress, United For Change, and the Basotho Patriotic Party all gained one seat each, which allowed the three ...
MASERU (Reuters) -Electoral authorities in Lesotho have said they incorrectly allocated parliamentary seats after an Oct. 7 election, asking the country's top court to amend the allocations and ...
Politics of Lesotho. Politics of Lesotho takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Lesotho is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two ...
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before. Prime Minister after. Moeketsi Majoro. ABC. Sam Matekane. RFP. General elections were held in Lesotho on 7 October 2022 to elect all 120 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament.
Bicameralism in Lesotho is specifically modeled after the Westminster system of the United Kingdom, [2] having an upper house weaker than the lower. [3] As such, the Senate holds less power than the National Assembly; it cannot initiate legislation, it does not appoint the Prime Minister, and it does not participate in motions of confidence ...
11th Parliament of Lesotho. Predecessor. Cabinet of Moeketsi Majoro. The Cabinet of Sam Matekane is the incumbent coalition government of the Kingdom of Lesotho. It was established on 4 November 2022 following the swearing-in of Prime Minister Sam Matekane on 28 October 2022. It is the fifth coalition government in Lesotho history.