Lesotho ruling party, Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), has won the general elections which were held on 17 February, 2007. As a result of the elections outcome, eleven political parties will be represented in the National Assembly when the Parliament opens for its first session this year.

The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) will have a strong majority in the House, with 61 seats from constituency elections and an extra 21 from proportional representation on account of its alliance with the National Independent Party NIP).

According to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the All- Basotho Convention (ABC) will be the main opposition in Parliament. ABC has the second most number of seats with 17 from the constituencies plus 10 of proportional representation on account of its alliance with the Lesotho Workers Party (LWP).

New polls will be held in the Makhaleng constituency because of the death of a candidate from the Alliance of Congress Parties (ACP) prior to holding of February 17 elections. ACP took one constituency during the elections.

Basotho National Party (BNP) will have three proportional representation seats in Parliament while the new parties; Basotho Batho Democratic Party (BBDP) and Basotho Democratic National Party (BDNP) will have a seat each.

Eighty (80) MPs are elected using the first-past-the-post system, and another 40 seats are assigned on the basis of proportional representation.

Source: LENA