The Lesotho Workers' Party is a
political party
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in
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...
. In the
25 May 2002 parliamentary election, the party won 1.4% of popular votes and one out of 120 seats in the
National Assembly
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. In the
17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 10 seats through proportional representation.
It is allied with the
All Basotho Convention.
["Win was not fair - opposition"]
AFP (''IOL''), February 21, 2007.
References
Political parties in Lesotho
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