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Member of the National Assembly

National Assembly · South Africa

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How it's filled

In plain words
Elected
Exact method
400 members elected for five years by closed-list proportional representation (Constitution s46): 200 from national lists and 200 from provincial (regional) lists. Regional seats by province at the 2024 election: Eastern Cape 25, Free State 10, Gauteng 47, KwaZulu-Natal 41, Limpopo 20, Mpumalanga 15, North West 13, Northern Cape 5, Western Cape 24.
Seats
400
Source: gov.za, checked

Who holds these seats now

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Sources

  • gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), sections 46, 52, 60, 64, 86, 91, 167, 174, read 2026-10-12: sizes and how each office is filled. 2024 regional seat split from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election (Wikipedia fallback; sums to 200). For: Member of the National Assembly
  • api.pmg.org.za · checked PMG member API (current flag, house, party) read 2026-10-12, with Parliament ministers page https://www.parliament.gov.za/ministers, Presiding Officers pages https://www.parliament.gov.za/na-presiding-officers and https://www.parliament.gov.za/ncop-presiding-officers, Constitutional Court judges page and gov.za leaders page https://www.gov.za/about-government/leaders: who holds each office now. President Ramaphosa re-elected by the National Assembly 14 June 2024 and sworn in 19 June 2024; Deputy President Mashatile since 7 March 2023; Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected 14 June 2024; other start dates left empty because no source was read. Fallback: Parliamentary Monitoring Group API (api.pmg.org.za/member/), because the member list on parliament.gov.za is rendered by script and blocked to automated browsers (WAF); party counts give exactly 400 once one non-member minister is excluded. For: Adil Nchabeleng, current term, Adrian Christopher Roos, current term, Alan David Beesley, current term, Albert Mammoga Seabi, current term, Albert Tshepo Themba, current term and 395 more
  • gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996, s49, read 2026-10-12: election within 90 days of expiry of the five-year term that began at the first sitting on 14 June 2024. For: General election, September 12, 2029

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