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Makoa, Francis. "Lesotho beyond the elections." African Studies 54, no. 1 (January 1995): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00020189508707811.

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Elklit, Jørgen. "Lesotho 2002: Africa’s first MMP elections." Journal of African elections 1, no. 2 (October 1, 2002): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2002/v1i2a1.

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Weisfelder, Richard F. "What is delaying elections in Lesotho?" South African Journal of International Affairs 8, no. 1 (June 2001): 75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10220460109545341.

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Booysen, Susan. "The 2015 parliamentary elections in Lesotho." Electoral Studies 40 (December 2015): 430–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2015.06.001.

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Weisfelder, Richard F. "Free Elections and Political Instability in Lesotho." Journal of African Elections 14, no. 2 (October 1, 2015): 50–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2015/v14i2a3.

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Shale, Victor. "Opposition Party Alliances and Elections in Botswana, Lesotho and Zambia." Journal of African elections 6, no. 1 (June 1, 2007): 91–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2007/v6i1a4.

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Shale, Victor. "The 2005 Lesotho Local Government Elections: Implications for Development and Governance." Journal of African elections 4, no. 1 (June 1, 2005): 100–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2005/v4i1a6.

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Letsie, Tlohang W. "The 2012 General Elections in Lesotho: A Step Towards the Consolidation of Democracy." Journal of African elections 12, no. 1 (June 1, 2013): 65–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2013/v12i1a3.

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Clayton, Amanda, and Belinda Tang. "How women’s incumbency affects future elections: Evidence from a policy experiment in Lesotho." World Development 110 (October 2018): 385–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.033.

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Venter, Denis. "Democracy and Multiparty Politics in Africa: Recent Elections in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho." Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review 19, no. 1 (2003): 1–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/eas.2002.0014.

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Tanga, Pius T. "Growing Old Gracefully: The Role of Old Age Pension in Lesotho." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 14, no. 5 (September 11, 2015): 567–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691497-12341361.

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The introduction of an old age pension in Lesotho in November 2004 brought relief and hope to the elderly. The paper examines how the old age pension has helped in the acquisition of material goods, increased access to health care and, most importantly, strengthened the status of the elderly in their households. Two hundred and fifteen old age pension recipients in rural areas were interviewed. Results show that the elderly now participate more in household decision-making and contribute towards income and community projects. The poverty and hunger vulnerability existing before the pension have been halved. Pensioners play an increasing role in the care of orphans and vulnerable children. This has boosted pensioners’ self-esteem and strengthened respect given to them. Although the pension is seen as meagre, elections results show the efforts of the government continue to be highly appreciated. The paper concludes the old age pension has empowered the elderly and helps them live a more graceful life.

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Epprecht, Marc. "Women's ‘Conservatism’ and the Politics of Gender in Late Colonial Lesotho." Journal of African History 36, no. 1 (March 1995): 29–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700026967.

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The triumph of the ‘conservative’ BNP over the ‘radical’ BCP in Lesotho's pre-independence elections has long been a source of contention among analysts. While many factors are seen to have contributed to the BCP defeat, one which consistently appears in passing or in footnotes is the ‘conservative’ inclination of Basotho women who, in 1965 comprised two-thirds of the electorate. Women's ‘conservatism’ is commonly accepted as a given, stemming from their purportedly natural domesticity, religiosity or love of tradition. This article examines the actual history of Basotho women in politics in the late colonial era (1920s–1965) and finds no empirical grounds for these assumptions. On the contrary, even the most ostensibly ‘conservative’ women often adopted non-traditional, self-emancipatory behaviour. In the context of a ‘modern’ colonial state with retrograde, often punitive policies towards women, such ‘conservatism’ was in fact rather progressive. On the other hand, Lesotho's self-proclaimed ‘radicals’ exhibited strong elements of male chauvinism, ignorance and contempt for women's needs. The implication for African nationalist or other radical politicians and sympathic academics is that failure to take serious account of women and gender can undermine political integrity and effectiveness.

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Southall, Roger, and Roddy Fox. "Lesotho's general election of 1998: rigged or de rigeur?" Journal of Modern African Studies 37, no. 4 (December 1999): 669–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x99003183.

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The official result of Lesotho's general election of 1998, which saw a 79 out of 80 seat victory for the ruling Lesotho Congress of Democrats (LCD), was repudiated by the opposition, notably the former ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) and the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP). These latter parties were historic enemies but forged an alliance of convenience to contest the outcome of the election. By mobilising their supporters to occupy Maseru they successfully paralysed the capacity of the LCD to govern. After diplomatic preliminaries, this led to military intervention by South Africa and Botswana in September 1998 and their brokering of an agreement which restored the LCD to power, on the condition that a new election would be held within eighteen months, with the rules for that contest being discussed between the parties in the interim. That election has now been scheduled for April 2000.The article reviews the conduct and result of the general election of 1998. It concludes that the opposition's objections were largely spurious, but notes that the unbalanced nature of the LCD's victory – a product of the first-past-the-post electoral system – was a major cause of the wider crisis. It therefore proposes that any lasting settlement of political differences in Lesotho is going to require a new electoral system which will allow for a more inclusive outcome.

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Banerjee, Vasabjit, and Timothy S. Rich. "Lesotho’s 2015 Legislative Election: Providing or Undermining Stability?" Journal of Asian and African Studies 52, no. 5 (August 19, 2015): 586–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909615599012.

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Political unrest in 2014 threatened Lesotho’s newly found democratic stability. Observers focus on educating the public about the electoral system and encouraging pre-election coalition discussions. However, this analysis suggests that such remedies ignore the institutional influences of Lesotho’s electoral system that undermine both public understanding and stability. Furthermore, a statistical analysis of district competition finds the 2015 elections to be largely consistent with previous elections, but that the percentage of rejected ballots correlates with a district victory for the largest party. Although this may simply be a statistical anomaly, the findings highlight structural challenges and reconsideration of electoral reforms.

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Southall, Roger. "An unlikely success: South Africa and Lesotho's election of 2002." Journal of Modern African Studies 41, no. 2 (May 20, 2003): 269–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x03004233.

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The Mbeki government's failure to take action against the blatantly undemocratic behaviour of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, despite its commitment to the peer review mechanism proposed under the New Partnership for African Development, is highlighted by South Africa's armed intervention into Lesotho to quell post-electoral disturbances in 1998. Although initially accompanied by immense controversy, the South African military and diplomatic involvement was to prove crucial to a restructuring of Lesotho's previously recalcitrant Defence Force, and to the promotion of inter-party negotiations that led to the adoption of a new and more appropriate electoral system. Alongside other international pressures, these initiatives led to a further election in 2002, whose undoubtedly legitimate outcome appears to have laid firm foundations for democratic consolidation and stability. Despite this ‘unlikely success’, and despite its formal commitment to an idealist foreign policy, the South African government has consciously downplayed its role in promoting democracy in Lesotho. The article argues that this is because of the exceptionality of that country, and South Africa's reluctance to have the use of force used as a precedent by its critics for cajoling it into adopting a more activist stance for dealing with the more complex situation in Zimbabwe.

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Southall, Roger. "The 1993 Lesotho election." Review of African Political Economy 21, no. 59 (March 1994): 110–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056249408704046.

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Mukurunge, Tawanda, and Takura Bhila. "Social Media and Political Party Campaign: Case of Lesotho June 2017 Election." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Volume-3, Issue-1 (December 31, 2018): 1116–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd20222.

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Matlosa, Khabele. "The 2007 General Election in Lesotho: Managing the Post-Election Conflict." Journal of African elections 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2008): 20–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2008/v7i1a2.

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KAPA, M. A. "SECRECY AND TRANSPARENCY IN LESOTHO'S GENERAL ELECTIONS." African Security Review 12, no. 4 (January 2003): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2003.9627252.

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Fox, Roddy, and Roger Southall. "The general election in Lesotho, May 2002: adapting to MMP." Electoral Studies 23, no. 3 (September 2004): 545–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2003.12.005.

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Elklit, Jørgen. "The 2007 General Election in Lesotho: Abuse of the MMP System?" Journal of African elections 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2008): 10–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2008/v7i1a1.

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Makoa, Francis K. "Party Alliances and Political Coalitions During the 2007 General Election in Lesotho." Journal of African elections 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2008): 50–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2008/v7i1a3.

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MURRAY, C. "Democratisation and Demilitarisation in Lesotho: The general election of 1993 and its aftermath." African Affairs 96, no. 382 (January 1, 1997): 136–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007810.

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Southall, R., and T. Petlane. "Review: Democratisation and demilitarisation in Lesotho: The general election of 1993 and its aftermath." Journal of African elections 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2008): 174–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2008/v7i1a12.

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Sejanamane, Mafa M. "Lesotho’s 2015 elections in the context of an ongoing security vacuum." African Security Review 25, no. 3 (July 2, 2016): 288–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2016.1197137.

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Letsie, Tlohang W. "Lesotho’s February 2015 Snap Elections: A Prescription that Never Cured the Sickness." Journal of African Elections 14, no. 2 (October 1, 2015): 81–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2015/v14i2a4.

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Rupiya, Martin, and Lesiba Teffo. "A review of the election commissions’ decisive roles, in managing highly contested processes : Malawi (May 2014) and Lesotho (February 2015)." Journal of African Union Studies 7, no. 2 (September 12, 2018): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2050-4306/2018/v7n2a2.

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Likoti, F. "The Electoral Process and the 2007 Snap Elections in Lesotho." Review of Southern African Studies 12, no. 1-2 (April 14, 2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/rosas.v12i1-2.53641.

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Nyane, Hoolo. "The Never-ending Story of Law and Electoral System in Lesotho." Journal of Law, Society and Development 4, no. 1 (May 8, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2520-9515/1847.

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While electoral discontent has been the enduring feature of constitutional democracy in Lesotho since independence, disagreement over electoral system is a fairly recent phenomenon. When the country attained independence in 1966 from Britain, electoral system was not necessarily one of the topical issues of pre-independence constitutional negotiations. The major issues were the powers of the monarch, the office of prime minister, the command of the army and many more. It was taken for granted that the country would use the British-based plurality electoral system. This is the system which the country used until early 2000s when the electoral laws were reformed to anchor a new mixed electoral system. When the new electoral laws were ultimately passed in 2001, the country transitioned from a plurality electoral system to a two-ballot mixed member proportional system. By this time, electoral system had acquired prominence in politico-legal discourse in Lesotho. In the run-up to 2007 elections, bigger political parties orchestrated the manipulation of electoral laws which culminated in clearly distorted electoral outcomes. The manipulations motivated further reforms in the run-up to 2012 election which resulted in the single-ballot mixed member proportional system. The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate how electoral laws have anchored electoral system reforms throughout the various historical epochs in Lesotho since independence. The paper contends that while the country has been courageous, unlike most of its peers, to introduce far-reaching electoral system changes, the reform of electoral laws has not been so helpful in attaining the higher objectives of political inclusivity, constitutionalism and stability in Lesotho.

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"LESOTHO: Election Call." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 43, no. 12 (January 2007): 16889C—16890A. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2007.00707.x.

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"Lesotho - Legislative Election Results." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 54, no. 6 (July 2017): 21456A—21456B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2017.07705.x.

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"Lesotho National Assembly Election." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 44, no. 2 (March 2007): 16968C. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2007.00829.x.

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"LESOTHO: Election Dispute Resolved." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 48, no. 5 (June 2011): 18834B—18834C. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2011.03863.x.

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"LESOTHO: Post-Election Cabinet." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 49, no. 6 (July 2012): 19303C—19305A. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2012.04521.x.

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"Lesotho: National Assembly Election." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 49, no. 6 (July 2012): 19304A—19304B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2012.04522.x.

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"Lesotho - Election Date After Government Falls." Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 54, no. 3 (April 2017): 21358B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825x.2017.07557.x.

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FOX, R. "The general election in Lesotho, May 2002: adapting to MMP." Electoral Studies, May 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0261-3794(03)00107-0.

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