For the first time, however, opposition political parties won significant numbers of seats, and despite some irregularities and threats of violence from Major General Lekhanya, Lesotho experienced its first peaceful election.
For første gang vandt oppositionen dog et betydeligt antal pladser, og på trods af visse uregelmæssigheder og voldstrusler fra generalmajor Lekhanya, oplevede Lesotho sit første fredelige valg.