Calculations to allocate seats to parties and independents

As soon as the vote counting for each of the 19 ballots (one ballot countrywide for the 200 national or compensatory seats in the national Assembly, one ballot for each for the nine provinces for the 200 regional seats in the National Assembly, and one ballot for each of the nine provincial legislatures) has been completed, the IEc will start the seat allocation process.

Click through to this explanation of exactly how the total votes for each of the parties and the independents will be used to calculate how many seats they will get in the national Assembly and the nine provincial governernments.