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This is a list of members of the National Assembly of South Africa, elected in the 2019 general election, for the term 2019–2024. The National Assembly met for the first on 22 May 2019 and its term expired on 21 May 2024. The Assembly remained able to perform its functions until 28 May, the day before the 2024 general election. [1]
The 2022 State of the Nation Address was held at Cape Town City Hall and subsequent meetings of the National Assembly will be held at Good Hope Chamber. The temporary debating chamber has previously been used for committee meetings of the National Assembly and has a seating capacity of 170, reduced to 70 during COVID-19 precautions. [ 34 ]
This is a list of members of the sixth Free State Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election. [1] The legislature dissolved on 28 May 2024 and was succeeded by the 7th legislature.
The Delimitation Commission, set up under the Delimitation Act, 2002, was entrusted with the task of readjusting all parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the country in all the states of India, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir, based on population ascertained in 2001 Census. The government of India promulgated an Ordinance amending ...
This is a list of political parties in South Africa. For most of its recent history , South Africa has functioned as a democratic state but with a one-party dominant system , with the African National Congress (ANC) as the governing party.
The 26th Parliament of South Africa sat between 2014 and 2019. [1] Members of the National Assembly were elected during the elections of 7 May 2014. In the elections, the African National Congress (ANC) retained a diminished majority, winning 249 seats in the 400-seat legislature. [2]
According to Business Insider South Africa, SA MPs are in the top 1% earning bracket in the nation. [16] The lowest earning MP earns a monthly salary of around R92,245. [14] [13] This salary comes while the average South African earned a monthly salary of around R21,432, as of September 2019 [17] and the minimum wage was just R20 per hour. [18]
According to the national Constitution of South Africa, the minimum size of a provincial legislature is 30 members and the maximum size is 80 members. These members are elected by party-list proportional representation with a closed list, using the largest remainder method with the Droop quota to allocate any surplus.