National Assembly (Lesotho)

National Assembly

Lekhotleng la Sechaba
National Assembly ; Lekhotleng la Sechaba
11th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Lesotho
History
Founded	April 1965
Leadership
Speaker	Tlohang Sekhamane, RFP ; since 25 October 2022
Deputy Speaker	Tšepang Tšita-Mosena, MEC ; since 25 October 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Mathibeli Mokhothu, DC ; since 28 October 2022
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Government (76) RFP (57); BAP (6); AD (4); MEC (4); LCD (3); LPC (1); HOPE (1); Opposition (44) DC (26); ABC (8); SR (2); BNP (2); PFD (1); BCM (1); MPS (1); NIP (1); UFC (1); BPP (1);
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Mixed single vote with seat linkage compensation mixed electoral system (Mixed-member proportional representation)
Last election	7 October 2022
Meeting place
	Parliament building in Maseru
Website
	nationalassembly.parliament.ls

The National Assembly (Sotho: Lekhotleng la Sechaba) is the lower chamber of Lesotho's bicameral Parliament.^[2]

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^ "National Assembly". Government of Lesotho. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.