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
edit| 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 | |||||||||