(Section 57A)

National Assembly

with such number of names on each list as the party may determine, subject to item 3.

5.        The seats referred to in item 2(a) must be allowed per region to the parties contesting an election, as follows:

7.        

Provided that subsequent awards of seats still remaining unawarded must be made in sequence to those parties having the highest average number of votes per seat already awarded in terms of paragraph (d) and this paragraph.

8.        

(1)        Where a party submitted both a national and regional lists, the seats finally allocated to it—

(a)        in terms of item 5(g) must be filled from its regional lists in accordance with its final allocation of seats in respect of the various regions; and

(b)        in  terms of item 6(e), must be filled from its national list in accordance with its final allocation of seats in terms of that item.

(2)        A seat finally allocated to a party in respect of a region, must, for the purposes of subitem (1)(a), be filled only from such party's list for that particular  region.

9.        

(1)        Where a party submitted regional lists only, the seats finally allocated to it—

(2)        A seat finally allocated to a party in respect of a region, must, for the purposes of subitem (1)(a), be  filled  only  from  such party's  list  for that particular  region.

9A.        

(1)        If a party gained no allocation of seats in terms of items 6(b) and (c), but the party gained a provisional seat in respect of the seats referred to in item 2(a), or if a party gained less seats in terms of items 6(b) and (c) than the number of provisional seats in respect of item 2( a), then the provisional allocation of seats in terms of item 2(a) becomes the final allocation of seats for such party,  and if a recalculation is required in terms of item 7, the adjusted allocation becomes the final allocation.

Provincial legislatures

14.        

(1)        If a party has submitted a provincial list containing fewer names than the number of seats provisionally allocated to it in terms of item 13(d), it must forfeit a number of seats equal to the deficit.

(2)        In the event of any forfeiture of seats in terms of subitem (1), the allocation of seats in respect of the province concerned must be recalculated as follows:

Where the result of the recalculation in terms of paragraph (d) yields a surplus not absorbed by the number of seats awarded to a party concerned, such surplus competes with other similar surpluses accruing to any other party or parties participating in the recalculation, and any seat or seats in respect of such province not awarded in terms of paragraph  (d), must be awarded to the party or parties concerned in sequence of the highest surplus.

The aggregate of such a party's awards in terms of paragraphs (d) and ( e) in respect of such province, subject to subitem (3), indicates that party's final allocation of the seats determined under item 10 in respect of that province.

Ballot papers

15.        There must be separate ballot papers for the election of members of the National Assembly and of members of the provincial legislatures.

Designation of representatives

16.        

Supplementation of lists of candidates

17.        No lists of candidates of a party for any legislature may be supplemented prior to the designation of representatives in terms of item 16.

Review of lists of candidates by party

Publication of supplemented and reviewed lists of candidates

Vacancies

23.        

Definitions

24.        In this Schedule—

'Constitution'  means  the  Constitution  of  the Republic  of  South Africa, 1996, (Act No. 108 of 1996);

'national list' means a list of candidates prepared by a party for an election of  the National  Assembly  to reflect  that party's  order  of preference  of candidates in respect of the allocation of seats on a national basis; 'provincial  list'  means  a list  of  candidates  prepared  by  a party  for  an election of a provincial legislature;

'region' means the territorial area of a province;

'regional list' means a list of candidates in respect of a region prepared by a party for an election of the National Assembly to reflect that party's order of preference of candidates in respect of the allocation of seats in respect of such region;

'votes' means—

(a)        where it occurs in items 5, 6, 7 and 9, votes cast in an election for the National Assembly;

(b)        where it occurs in items 13 and 14, votes cast in the election for the provincial legislature of a province concerned; and

(c)        where it occurs in item 16, votes cast in the election for the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures