THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA coalition government in Lesotho, in 2014 the first coalition government was dissolved and snap elections were held in 2015. Similar to the 2012 results, gave rise to the seven-party coalition government which also did not live up to the five years but was dissolved pursuant to the vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister and led to 2017 snap elections the result of which is the current four-party coalition government. Independent Electoral Commission 106. Both the National Assembly Elections and the Local Government Elections are overseen by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) which is an independent constitutional body created by the Second Amendment to the Constitution Act No 7 of 1997. Section 7 of the amendment mandates the IEC to deliver regular, free and fair elections at all levels of government national and local. Mandate of the IEC include demarcation of electoral constituencies, compilation of the voter register, organisation and running of national assembly and local government elections as well as the referenda. 107. In all the elections organised by the IEC, both local and international observers have expressed their satisfaction with the IEC’s overall management of the electoral process and its delivery of an acceptable, free, fair, transparent and accessible election to the people of Lesotho. 108. In line with its legislative mandate, the IEC captured the following information in relation to national assembly election in Lesotho: Table A8: 2015 elections- registered voters by age and gender Age Group Gender Grand Total Female Male 17-19 19,732 15,928 35,660 20-24 90,165 80,842 171,007 25-29 100,510 87,273 187,783 49