Lesotho

Population Statistics

1,947,701

Total Population

292,155

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

02 December 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of Lesotho (1993, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Section 20, subsection 1 states:

Every citizen of Lesotho shall enjoy the right:…

  • (b) to vote or to stand for election at periodic elections under this Constitution under a system of universal and equal suffrage and secret ballot…

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of Lesotho (1993, last amended 2011)