Parties reminded not to change lists before first council sittings

The IEC has reminded political parties that they can only change the order of their lists or replace nominated candidates after the first sitting of councils.

The Electoral Commission announced this during a media briefing at its headquarters in Centurion.

The briefing focused on the key activities which are unfolding following the announcement of the Local Government Election results earlier this week.

It announced that it has today gazetted the names of councillors who have been declared elected.

This follows its call in writing on Monday to parties that had nominated fewer Proportional Representative candidates than the number of seats that they had won to submit names to make up for the shortfall.

The IEC has also notified political parties to inform it about seats to designated candidates that had been assigned to more than one seat.

“This opportunity was for parties to provide the names and details of candidates to make up the shortfall and was not an opportunity for parties to change their lists or replace candidates. Parties may only change the order of their lists or replace nominated candidates after the date of the first sitting of the council meeting as prescribed in the Municipal Structures Act. A party that submitted fewer names than seats won and has failed to supplement its list, risks forfeiting seats if the shortfall renders quorum impossible for the municipal council.” says IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya.

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