2002 Lesotho general election

General elections were held in Lesotho on 25 May 2002. The result was a victory for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, which took over 50% of the vote and 77 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly. It was the first election held in Lesotho under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system, with 80 seats elected in first-past-the-post constituencies, and 40 using a proportional representation-based compensatory system. 554,386 of the 831,515 registered voters cast valid votes.^[1]

Results

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Lesotho Congress for Democracy	304,316	54.89	0	309,363	57.64	77	77	–2
	Basotho National Party	124,234	22.41	21	115,085	21.44	0	21	+20
	Lesotho People's Congress	32,046	5.78	4	33,502	6.24	1	5	New
	National Independent Party	30,346	5.47	5	4,258	0.79	0	5	+5
	Basutoland African Congress	16,095	2.90	3	16,737	3.12	0	3	New
	Basutoland Congress Party	14,584	2.63	3	12,822	2.39	0	3	+3
	Lesotho Workers' Party	7,788	1.40	1	7,706	1.44	0	1	New
	Marematlou Freedom Party	6,890	1.24	1	7,723	1.44	0	1	+1
	Popular Front for Democracy	6,330	1.14	1	7,180	1.34	0	1	+1
	National Progressive Party	3,985	0.72	1	4,047	0.75	0	1	+1
	Christian Democratic Party	1,919	0.35	0	1,266	0.24	0	0	New
	New Lesotho Freedom Party	1,671	0.30	0	1,753	0.33	0	0	New
	Sefate Democratic Union	1,584	0.29	0	1,845	0.34	0	0	0
	Kopanang Basotho Party	1,155	0.21	0	179	0.03	0	0	0
	United Party	901	0.16	0	208	0.04	0	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	542	0.10	0				0	New
	Lesotho Labour Party–UDP				994	0.19	0	0	0
	Lesotho Education Party				768	0.14	0	0	0
	National Democratic Party				389	0.07	0	0	New
	Independents				10,870	2.03	0	0	0
Vacant							2	2	–
Total		554,386	100.00	40	536,695	100.00	80	120	+40
Registered voters/turnout		831,515	–
Source: African Elections Database, EISA, CLEA