[3] Soon after its formation several members of the Basutoland Congress Party defected to the MFP.
[3] When former MTP leader Seepheephe Matete was replaced as party president by Seth Makotoko he broke away to re-establish the MTP as a separate party.
In the 1970 general elections the party's vote share fell to 7%, resulting in it being reduced to a single seat.
When multi-party democracy was restored in the 1990s the party contested the 1993 elections, receiving 1.4% of the vote and failing to win a seat.
Despite its vote share falling to 1.2% in the 2002 elections, the party won a seat due to the new proportional electoral system.