1998 Lesotho general election

none Lesotho Legislative 1987 1993 Lesotho general election 1993 24 May 1998 2002 Lesotho general election 2002 80 seats in the National Assembly 41 Pakalitha_Mosisili_with_Obamas_cropped.jpg Pakalitha Mosisili LCD 79 New New 359,764 60.57% New Justin_Lekhanya_illustration (cropped).png Justin Lekhanya BNP 1 22.66%, 0 seats 1.79pp 1 24.45% 145,210 Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle LCD Pakalitha Mosisili LCD General elections were held in Lesotho on 24 May 1998, except in the Moyeni constituency, where voting was postponed until 1 August due to the death of one of the candidates.Lesotho: 1998 National Assembly election results EISA The result was a comprehensive victory for the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy, which claimed 79 of the 80 seats. The party was formed after its leader broke away from the Basutoland Congress Party, which had won the 1993 elections. Of the 1,017,753 registered voters, there were 593,955 valid votes.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p501 0-19-829645-2 Due to the unrepresentative representation in seats, with the second placed party only having a single seat, widespread protests and rioting broke out, with arson, violence, and looting, which led to the government sending a plea for military assistance to the Southern African Development Community. Led by South Africa, Operation Boleas, an "intervention to restore democracy and the rule of law" was launched, which took place from 22 September 1998 – 15 May 1999 (8 months). Results Lesotho Congress for Democracy 359764 79 New Basotho National Party 145210 1 +1 Basutoland Congress Party 62313 0 –65 Marematlou Freedom Party 7546 0 0 Sefate Democratic Union 3160 0 New Popular Front for Democracy 3077 0 0 National Progressive Party 2897 0 New National Independent Party 1644 0 0 Congress for Democracy Party 1185 0 New United Democratic Party 357 0 0 Kopanang Basotho Party 174 0 0 Lesotho Education Party 92 0 0 Independents 6536 0 0 +15 1017753 Nohlen et al. References Lesotho Category:Elections in Lesotho General Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results