As this year's elections draw near, political parties have emphasised the goal of securing a two-thirds majority to govern.
The Constitution itself is protected, which means it is more difficult to change it than it is to change a ordinary laws.
In this year’s elections, those participating are contesting for seats in Parliament and the provincial legislatures.The 200 regional seats are divided between the regions. The regions are contested by parties and independent candidates. For example, 37 687 500 national and regional votes for political parties will be divided by 400 plus one in addition to disregarding fractions will equal to a 94 219 quota .So ANC’s 10 309 000 votes are divided by a 94 219 quota and this will equal 109 seats out of the total 400 for the governing party.The highest remainder method is used to allocate seats not allocated by awarding seats according to the sequence of highest surplus votes.
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