The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa, Advocate Pansy Tlakula today handed over the final list of elected representatives for the National Assembly and the nine provincial legislatures to the Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
The publication of the final list of representatives elected is the final milestone of the 2014 national and provincial election process and paves the way for the swearing in of the 830 representatives – 400 in the National Assembly and 430 in the nine provincial legislatures.
The first sitting of the Fifth Parliament will be convened in terms of section 51 of the Constitution by the Chief Justice of the Republic, Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Wednesday 21 May 2014. Thirteen parties will be represented in the National Assembly.
The Chief Justice will also preside over the election of the Speaker and the President in accordance with the Constitution. The newly elected President will be sworn in by the Chief Justice at the Inauguration to be held at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 24 May 2014.
An analysis of the representatives shows that 58 percent are men and 42 percent women. The oldest representative is 85 and the youngest is 22 with an average age of 50 years old.
A list of the names of the representatives for the National Assembly and provincial legislatures are available on the IEC website (under What’s New?).
