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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa’s apex court has ruled the 200\/200 split in the Electoral Amendment Act passes constitutional muster.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Independent Candidates Association (ICA) wanted the number of National Assembly seats independent candidates can contest in next year\u2019s general elections to be increased from 200 to 350.In a unanimous judgment read by justice Nonkosi Mhlantla, the Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed the challenge, saying the applicant was not able to prove the 200\/200 split of seats was irrational.<\/p>\n

The court disagreed with the argument that a vote for an independent candidate will carry less weight than one for a political party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe applicant has not established that the impugned legislation is irrational nor that it infringes a provision in the Bill of Rights. Therefore, it has not made out a case to justify the declaration of constitutional invalidity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. South Africa’s apex court has ruled the 200\/200 split in the Electoral Amendment Act passes constitutional muster. The Independent Candidates Association (ICA) wanted the number of National Assembly seats independent candidates can contest in next year\u2019s general elections to be increased from 200 to 350.In a unanimous judgment read by justice Nonkosi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-57510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nConstitutional Court dismisses challenge to electoral law\u2019s 200-seat split - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Africa's apex court has ruled the 200\/200 split in the Electoral Amendment Act passes constitutional muster. <a n ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Constitutional Court dismisses challenge to electoral law\u2019s 200-seat split\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Africa's apex court has ruled the 200\/200 split in the Electoral Amendment Act passes constitutional muster. <a n ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-04T16:40:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-04T17:02:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/12\/sm_1701696637.357629.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Constitutional Court dismisses challenge to electoral law\u2019s 200-seat split\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-04T16:40:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-04T17:02:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/12\/sm_1701696637.357629.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/constitutional-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electoral-laws-200-seat-split\",\"name\":\"Constitutional Court dismisses challenge to electoral law\u2019s 200-seat split - 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