Gauteng Provincial Legislature
| Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
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| 4th Legislature | |
| Type | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 27 April 1994 |
| Leadership | |
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Speaker
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Deputy Speaker
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Uhuru Moiloa, ANC
Since 21 May 2014 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 73 |
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Political groups
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Democratic Alliance (23)
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| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation | |
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Last election
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7 May 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Johannesburg City Hall, City Hall Street, Johannesburg | |
| Website | |
| www |
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The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 73 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the fifth, was elected on 7 May 2014 and has an African National Congress majority of 40 members. The legislature is housed in Johannesburg City Hall in central Johannesburg.
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature, like the eight other provincial legislatures in South Africa, was created on 27 April 1994 by the Interim Constitution of South Africa, which dissolved the four original provinces (and their provincial councils) and created the nine current provinces. It is currently constituted in terms of Chapter Six of the Constitution of South Africa, which defines the structure of the provincial governments.
The provincial legislature consists of 73 members, who are elected through a system of party list proportional representation with closed lists. In other words, each voter casts a vote for one political party, and seats in the legislature are allocated to the parties in proportion to the number of votes received. The seats are then filled by members in accordance with lists submitted by the parties before the election.
The legislature is elected for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved early. This may occur if the legislature votes to dissolve and it is at least three years since the last election, or if the Premiership falls vacant and the legislature fails to elect a new Premier within ninety days. By convention all nine provincial legislatures and the National Assembly are elected on the same day.
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