Lesotho: 1998 National Assembly election results

Updated July 2007

Election day 23 May 1998 (Independent Electoral Commission 1998, 11).

Voting was postponed to the 1 August 1998 in Moyeni Constituency due to the death of one of the candidates; the seat was won by the LCD (Independent Electoral Commission 1998, 11, 24).

Registered voters: 838 516 (Independent Electoral Commission 1998, 9).

Party	Votes	% Votes	Seats	% Seats
Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)	355 049	60.7	78	98.73
Basotho National Party (BNP)	143 073	24.5	1	1.27
Basotho Congress Party (BCP)	61 793	10.5	0	0.00
Marema-Tlou Freedom Party (MFP)	7 460	1.3	0	0.00
Others	17 365	3.0	0	0.00
Total	584 740	100.0	79	100.00

Table source

Lodge et al 2002, 100.

References

INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION 1998 Report on the General Election: The National Assembly of the Kingdom of Lesotho 23 May 1998.

LODGE, T, KADIMA, D & POTTIE, D (eds) 2002 Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa, EISA.