Popular Front for Democracy | |
Native Name: | Khoeetsa ea Sechaba |
Leader: | Lekhetho Rakuoane[1] |
Registered: | 11 July 1991 |
Ideology: | Social democracy[2] Democratic socialism Historical: Communism[3] Marxism-Leninism[4] |
Country: | Lesotho |
Position: | Centre-left to left-wing Historical: Left-wing to far-left |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
The Popular Front for Democracy (st|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.
Election | Proportional | Constituency | Seats | +/- | Government | ||
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Votes | Share | Votes | Share | ||||
1993 | 947 | 0.18 | New | ||||
1998 | 3,077 | 0.52 | 0 | ||||
2002 | 6,330 | 1.14 | 7,180 | 1.34 | 1 | ||
2007 | 15,477 | 3.49 | 162 | 0.04 | 0 | ||
2012 | 11,166 | 2.02 | 2 | ||||
2015 | 9,829 | 1.73 | 1 | ||||
2017 | 13,200 | 2.27 | 1 | ||||
2022 | 4,636 | 0.90 | 2 | ||||