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National Assembly (South Africa)

National Assembly
26th Parliament
Type
Type
Leadership
Baleka Mbete, ANC
Since 21 May 2014
Deputy Speaker
Lechesa Tsenoli, ANC
Since 21 May 2014
Leader of Government Business
Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC
Since 25 May 2014
Mmusi Maimane, DA
Since 26 May 2014
Structure
Seats 400
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Political groups
  •      ANC (249)
  •      DA (89)
  •      EFF (25)
  •      IFP (10)
  •      NFP (6)
  •      UDM (4)
  •      FF+ (4)
  •      COPE (3)
  •      ACDP (3)
  •      AIC (3)
  •      Agang (2)
  •      PAC (1)
  •      APC (1)
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Last election
7 May 2014
Next election
2019
Meeting place
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National Assembly Chamber, Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Website
National Assembly

The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from 9 provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality.

The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Baleka Mbete and the Deputy Speaker is Lechesa Tsenoli; they were elected on 21 May 2014.

The National Assembly seats are allocated using a proportional representation system with closed lists. Seats are first allocated according to the (integer part of the) Droop quota. Thereafter at most five seats are allocated using the largest remainder method (using the Droop quota). Any additional seats are allocated amongst the parties who then already have seats using the highest averages method.

Voters have one vote at elections to the National Assembly. Seats are allocated in ten multi-member constituencies via party lists. One constituency is a national or 'at large' constituency and nine others represent each of the nine provinces. The lists were called the national lists and regional lists in the 2009 election. 'Regional' was used to avoid confusion with the provincial legislature elections held at the same time. Previously they were called 'National to National' and 'Provincial to National'.


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