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The 'National Assembly of Lesotho' is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 17 February 2007, 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.
Ntlhoi Motsamai is the current Speaker of the National Assembly.

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Previous National Assembly election results

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Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
	1965 (1)	1970 (2)	1993	1998	2002
Basotho Congress Party (BCP)	25	36	65	-	03
Basotho National Party (BNP)	31	23	-	01	21
Basutoland African Congress (BAC)	-	-	-	-	03
Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)	-	-	-	79	77
Lesotho Peoples' Congress (LPC)	-	-	-	-	05
Lesotho Workers' Party (LWP)	-	-	-	-	01
Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP)	04	01	-	-	01
National Independent Party (NIP)	-	-	-	-	05
National Progressive Party (NPP)	-	-	-	-	01
Popular Front for Democracy (PFD)	-	-	-	-	01
Vacant	-	-	-	-	02
'Total'	'60'	'60'	'65'	'80'	'120'

Notes

# In the pre-independence 1965 election, the Basotho National Party was known as the Basutoland National Party and the Basotho Congress Party was known as the Basutoland Congress Party.
# The results of the 1970 election were annulled soon after they were announced.

See also

★ Senate of Lesotho - the upper chamber of Parliament

★ History of Lesotho

★ Legislative branch

★ List of national legislatures

External links

★ National Assembly of Lesotho - Official site