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Electoral Act 1993

Elections - List seats

192: Determination of party eligibility for list seats

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"How many seats in Parliament each party gets is decided by the Electoral Commission"

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The Electoral Commission must work out how many seats in Parliament each party gets. They do this by looking at the numbers from section 191(7). They add up the numbers under each party's name on the ballot paper.

The Electoral Commission then subtracts the number of people who were elected as members of Parliament for each party. This includes people who stood as candidates for that party, and people who stood for a component party of that party, as described in sections 127(3A) and 128A, and who were elected as members of Parliament, as stated in section 185.

If a party gets a certain number of seats through elections, they might not get any more seats from their list of candidates, as submitted under section 127. But the seats of the people who were already elected as members of Parliament for that party are not affected.

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Part 6Elections
List seats

192Determination of party eligibility for list seats

  1. Having ascertained the numbers required by section 191(7), the Electoral Commission must then proceed to ascertain the number of seats in Parliament to which each remaining party listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote is entitled by adding the number of circles in the column of numbers under the name of that party.

  2. Subject to subsection (3), the Electoral Commission must then proceed, in respect of each remaining party listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote, to deduct from the number of seats to which each party is entitled under subsection (1)—

  3. the number of persons who stood as constituency candidates for that party and whose names were endorsed on the writ pursuant to section 185 as having been elected as members of Parliament; and
    1. the number of persons who stood as constituency candidates for a party that is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127(3A) and 128A, a component party of that party and whose names were endorsed on a writ pursuant to section 185 as having been elected as members of Parliament.

      1. The deduction described in subsection (2)(b) shall not be made in respect of constituency seats gained by a component party that is listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote.

      2. Subject to subsection (5), after the process of deduction described in subsection (2) has been completed in respect of each party, the remainder derived therefrom shall be the number of seats to be allocated to that party from the list of candidates submitted pursuant to section 127.

      3. If any party listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote has obtained, through the election of any of its constituency candidates or any of the constituency candidates for any party that is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127(3A) and 128A, a component party of that party or both, a number of seats that is equal to or greater than the total number of seats in Parliament to which it would be entitled under subsection (1), that party shall not be allocated any seats from the list of candidates submitted by that party pursuant to section 127, but the seats of the constituency candidates of that party who have been elected as members of Parliament shall not be affected.

      Notes
      • Section 192: substituted, on , by section 66 of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61).
      • Section 192(1): amended, on , by section 32(2)(a) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).
      • Section 192(2): amended, on , by section 32(2)(a) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).
      • Section 192(2)(a): amended, on , by section 101(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).
      • Section 192(2)(b): amended, on , by section 32(1)(a) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).
      • Section 192(5): amended, on , by section 32(1)(a) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).