Lesotho People's Congress

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The Lesotho People's Congress is a

National Assembly held on 25 May 2002, the party won 5.8% of popular votes and 5 out of 120 seats.[3] Maope was the only LPC candidate to win a constituency, but the party won four other seats through proportional representation. Maope and Shakhane Mokhehle did not include themselves on the party's list of candidates for proportional representation, expecting to win constituencies, but Mokhehle lost his constituency by nine votes, and therefore did not get a seat in the National Assembly.[4]

References

  1. ^ "LCD Dissidents Form New Political Party" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Summary of Events in Lesotho, Volume 8, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2001, trc.org.ls.
  2. ^ "LCD Dissidents Form New Political Party" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Summary of Events in Lesotho, Volume 8, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2001, trc.org.ls.
  3. ^ Elections in Lesotho, African Elections Database.
  4. ^ "Compensatory Seats Spring a Few Surprises" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Summary of Events in Lesotho, Volume 9, Number 2, Second Quarter 2002, trc.org.ls.