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The System for General Elections in 2001

The system for the 2001 General Elections was derived from the report of the Constitution Reform Commission, and from the laws subsequently passed to amend appropriately the enabling legislation. The Electoral System used for the General Elections held in 2001 had the following characteristics:

Seats in the National Assembly
Total Number of Elected Members (Seats) in National Assembly - 65

Total Number of Geographic Constituencies – 10
(The Geographic Constituencies were the same as the current Regions/Districts)

Total Number of Seats in the National Assembly deriving directly from the Geographic Constituencies – 25

Distribution of seats to be contested in each Geographic Constituency:

Region	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Seats	2	2	3	7	2	3	2	1	1	2	25

The National Assembly would therefore comprise 25 members elected directly from Geographic Constituencies, and 40 members drawn from National "Top–up" Lists.

Electoral Formulae (All Voting will be on the basis of the Party List System)

The Electoral Formula to be used within geographic Constituencies to determine allocation of seats from Geographic Constituencies to Parties in the National Assembly – Largest Remainder – Hare Quota (LR-Hare)

Electoral Formula to be used to determine allocation of Non-Geographic Seats to Parties in the National Assembly – Top-up based on overall application of LR-Hare

N.B A single vote is to be cast by each voter; and a vote for a Party's Geographical Constituency List is simultaneously a vote for that Party's National Top-up List. Accordingly, if a Party chose not to contest in a Geographical Constituency, it could not receive any votes from electors in that Geographical Constituency that would count towards its level of national support.

Characteristics that Party Lists must Satisfy

Each contesting Party must supply a "National" List, separate and distinct from Geographical Constituency Lists, taking account of section 2.3.8.

Ordering criteria for candidates that should apply to "National" Lists – Free Choice by Parties

Each Party contesting in a Geographic Constituency must supply a Party List applicable to that Geographic Constituency, and the size of that Party List shall be: Number of Seats relative to the Geographic Constituency + 2. Accordingly, the Party List sizes for the 10 Geographic Constituencies were as follows:

Region	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Seats	2	2	3	7	2	3	2	1	1	2	25
List	2+2	2+2	3+2	7+2	2+2	3+2	2+2	1+2	1+2	2+2	25+20
Size	=4	=4	=5	=9	=4	=5	=4	=3	=3	=4	=45

For each Party, the minimum size of "National" Lists, not counting possible duplications that may be allowed by section 2.3.8, was: Number of Top-up Seats + 2 (i.e. 40+2 = 42) .

Ordering criteria for candidates that should apply to Geographic Constituency Lists – Free Choice by Parties.

Minimum Criteria that contesting Parties were required to satisfy, including those with respect to the number of seats (Geographic & "National") a Party must contest, to be a legitimate contestant – All of:

(a) Must present National Top-up List with identified Presidential Candidate;

(b) Must be contesting at least 50% of Geographically determined seats (i.e at least 13);

(c) Must contest in at least 6 of the 10 Geographic Constituencies.

Gender minimum criteria for each of Geographical & "National" Party Lists:

(a) Total number of females on each contesting Party's National Top-up List must be at least one-third of that List;

(b) Total number of Females on any Party's Lists for Geographic Constituencies, taken together, must be at least one-third of the total of the Lists, taken together, for the Constituencies in which that Party is contesting; and

(c) There must be no more than 20% of the number of Constituencies in which a Party is contesting for which the Party's Geographic Constituency List contains no female.

Rules re Duplication of Candidates on Geographical & "National" Lists: Can duplicate subject to the rule that a candidate can appear on only one Geographic List and also on the National top-up List of a Party, but if the candidate is allocated a seat based on the results in a Geographic Constituency, that candidate cannot also be extracted from the National List, and vice versa