Popular Front for Democracy
Political party in Lesotho
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The Popular Front for Democracy (Sotho: Khoeetsa ea Sechaba) is a political party in Lesotho. At the elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 1.1% of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party kept 1 seat. In 2012 elections it increases numbers of seats in the parliament, it got 3 seats. While in 2015 elections it got 2 seats, after 2017 elections it rise to 3 seats, although this was reduced to 1 in the 2022 elections.
Founded1990
Registered11 July 1991
Popular Front for Democracy Khoeetsa ea Sechaba | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Lekhetho Rakuoane[1][better source needed] |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Registered | 11 July 1991 |
| Ideology | Social democracy[2] Democratic socialism Historical: Communism[3] Marxism-Leninism[4] |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing Historical: Left-wing to far-left |
| National Assembly | 1 / 120 |
Electoral performance
| Election | Proportional | Constituency | Seats | +/- | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Share | Votes | Share | ||||
| 1993 | 947 | 0.18 | N/a | 0 / 65 |
New | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 1998 | 3,077 | 0.52 | N/a | 0 / 89 |
 0 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2002 | 6,330 | 1.14 | 7,180 | 1.34 | 1 / 120 |
 1 |
Opposition |
| 2007 | 15,477 | 3.49 | 162 | 0.04 | 1 / 120 |
0 |
Opposition |
| 2012 | 11,166 | 2.02 | N/a | 3 / 120 |
2 |
Coalition | |
| 2015 | 9,829 | 1.73 | N/a | 2 / 120 |
 1 |
Opposition | |
| 2017 | 13,200 | 2.27 | N/a | 3 / 120 |
1 |
Opposition | |
| 2022 | 4,636 | 0.90 | N/a | 1 / 120 |
2 |
Opposition | |
