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The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho founded in the 1959 as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. He was Prime Minister from 1965 until the coup of 1986.In the 1993 parliamentary election the BNP received almost 23% of the vote but did not win any seats in the National Assembly with all 65 seats going to the party’s rival the Basotho Congress Party (BCP).
