National Assembly (Lesotho)

Lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho

National Assembly

Lekhotleng la Sechaba

11th Parliament
Type
Type|

Lower House

of the Parliament of Lesotho

History
Founded| April 1965
Leadership

Speaker

Tlohang Sekhamane, RFP
since 25 October 2022

Deputy Speaker

Tšepang Tšita-Mosena, MEC
since 25 October 2022

Leader of the Opposition

Mathibeli Mokhothu, DC
since 28 October 2022

Structure
Seats| 120

Political groups

| Government (76)[1]

* RFP (57)
* BAP (6)
* AD (4)
* MEC (4)
* LCD (3)
* LPC (1)
* HOPE (1)

Opposition (44)

* DC (26)
* ABC (8)
* SR (2)
* BNP (2)
* PFD (1)
* BCM (1)
* MPS (1)
* NIP (1)
* UFC (1)
* BPP (1)

Length of term

| 5 years
Elections

Voting system

| Mixed single vote with seat linkage compensation mixed electoral system (Mixed-member proportional representation)

Last election

| 7 October 2022
Meeting place
Parliament building in Maseru
Website
nationalassembly.parliament.ls

Politics of Lesotho

Constitution

* Human rights

LGBT rights

Monarchy

* King

Letsie III

Government

* Prime Minister

Sam Matekane
* Cabinet

Parliament

* Senate

President
* National Assembly

Speaker

Judiciary

* Lesotho Court of Appeal

Administrative divisions

* Districts
* Constituencies
* Community councils

Elections

* Recent elections

* General: 2015
* 2017
* 2022

* Political parties

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations

Minister: Mpotjoane Lejone

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of / in Lesotho

* * *

* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

* Other countries

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The National Assembly (Sotho: Lekhotleng la Sechaba) is the lower chamber of Lesotho's bicameral Parliament.[2]

## Composition

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The current National Assembly has a total of 120 members. 80 members are elected in single member constituencies using the first-preference plurality (first-past-the-post) system. The remaining 40 members are elected through proportional representation and national party-lists. Members serve five-year terms.

Tlohang Sekhamane is the current Speaker of the National Assembly.

## Latest election

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Main article: 2022 Lesotho general election

## See also

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* Senate of Lesotho \- the upper chamber of Parliament
* History of Lesotho
* List of speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho

## References

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1. ^ "Matekane expands government". Metro News. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
2. ^ "National Assembly". Government of Lesotho. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

## External links

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* Official website

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