2012 Lesotho general election

2012 Lesotho general election
26 May 2012
All 120 seats in the National Assembly
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
DC Pakalitha Mosisili 39.58 48 New
ABC Tom Thabane 25.18 30 +13
LCD Mothetjoa Metsing 21.94 26 −3
BNP Justin Lekhanya 4.31 5 +2
PFD 2.02 3 +2
NIP 1.25 2 −19
LPC 0.91 1 0
BDNP 0.62 1 0
MFP 0.60 1 0
BCP 0.46 1 0
BBDP 0.44 1 0
LWP 0.44 1 −9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Pakalitha Mosisili
DC		 Tom Thabane
ABC

General elections were held in Lesotho on 26 May 2012. The incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's newly formed Democratic Congress won a majority of single-member seats. He also won his seat by the second-largest margin of victory. However, they only had a plurality in the overall tally and coalition talks are taking place.

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