A recently founded party led by a millionaire diamond magnate looked set on Sunday to win Lesotho's parliamentary election, having secured enough for a simple majority, according to preliminary results from the election commission.
By Sunday afternoon, results from the October 7 vote were in for 49 out of a total of 80 constituencies. The Revolution for Prosperity party, formed by Sam Matekane in March, had secured 41 seats, the minimum required to reach a simple majority.
The current ruling party All Basotho Convention , which has run the country of 2.14 million people since 2017, was faring badly with no seats won so far, the tally showed. The Democratic Congress , the main opposition party and member of the coalition government, is running a distant second to the RFP in the race, having secured at least six seats.
A victory for the RFP paves the way for a change in government in a southern African country marred by political upheaval, stalled reforms under the ABC and widespread exasperation of people over political wrangling, corruption and policy paralysis.
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