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for the purpose of a general election shall be summoned by the Speaker.
(3) No other business than the holding of a general election may be
transacted at any meeting of the Elected Members of the National Assembly summoned
under subparagraph (2) of this paragraph and such a meeting shall not be regarded as
a meeting of the Assembly for the purposes of any other provision of this
Constitution.
6. When the votes have been cast, whether at a general election or at a by-election,
a list shall be prepared showing the persons for whom votes have been cast in order
according to the number of votes received by each of them, the person or persons who
received the highest number of votes being placed first and those who received any
lower number of votes being placed in descending order.
7. In the case of a general election, and subject to the provisions of paragraph 9
of this Schedule, those persons shall be deemed to have been elected as Specially
Elected Members who stand in the first and each succeeding place on the list until
the number of persons to be elected as Specially Elected Members has been completed.
8. In the case of a by-election, and subject to the provisions of paragraph 10 of
this Schedule, the person who stands in the first place on the list shall be deemed
to have been elected.
9. Where, by reason of an equality of votes between them, the number of candidates
in any place on the list who would otherwise be deemed to have been elected under
paragraph 7 of this Schedule exceeds the number of persons remaining to be elected
as Specially Elected Members after the persons in the preceding places have been
elected, none of the candidates in that place or in any succeeding place shall be
deemed to have been elected and a further election shall be held to fill the
vacancies still remaining among the Specially Elected Members; and the provisions of
this Schedule shall apply in relation to that further election as if it were a
general election where the total number of Specially Elected Members was equal to
the number of vacancies still remaining to be filled.
10. Where, in a by-election, two or more candidates equally receive the highest
number of votes, no candidates shall be deemed to have been elected and a further
by-election shall be held, in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule, at
which only those candidates who received the highest number of votes in the original
by-election may again stand as candidates.
SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION 9 of 2005, s.24(b)
DIVISION OF DISTRICTS INTO REGIONS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SELECTING MEMBERS OF NTLO YA
DIKGOSI
THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT (1) Bobirwa Region(2) Boteti region(3) Mahalapye Region(4) Serowe Region(5)
Tonota Region(6) Tswapong Region(7) Tutume RegionTHE GHANZI
DISTRICT (8) Ghanzi East Region(9) GhanziWest RegionTHE KGALAGADI
DISTRICT (10) Kgalagadi North Region(11) Kgalagadi South RegionTHE KWENENG
DISTRICT (12) Letlhakeng Region(13) Molepolole Region(14) Thamaga RegionTHE NORTH
WEST DISTRICT (15) Maun Region(16) Ngami Region(17) Okavango RegionTHE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT (18) Kanye Region(19) Moshupa Region(20) NgwaketseWest Region.
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