Talk:2016 Seychellois parliamentary election

Infobox

What kind of infoboxes go for such parliamentary elections. Would it be something similar to Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2016. Sputink (talk) 21:31, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

I'd say you can use {{infobox election}}. The documentation there has an example for "legislative or parliamentary" elections. De728631 (talk) 21:33, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

As it's only a small number of parties, {{Infobox election}} should be ok. Personally I prefer {{Infobox legislative election}} though. Number 57 21:35, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Electoral System section

In the electoral system it states that a further 9 seats are given on a proportional basis and only 8 were given out. Is this cause of the way the vote worked out no one got above 50%? What happens to the extra seat that they would have given out. It might be worth mentioning somewhere. Sputink (talk) 18:36, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

No, there can be a maximum of 9 PR seats. 1 PR seat per 10% of the vote. Since both the big parties ended at 49,x% they get 4 seats each = 8 in total. Had one of them past 50% they would have gotten the 9th seat. Their electoral legislation take it for granted that two parties will never share the vote exactly 50/50 (which would theoretically be possible, but never happen in practice), so 9 is the ascribed maximum.--Batmacumba (talk) 18:56, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

I added the theoretical 50/50 situation for clarity regarding why the number is nine.--Batmacumba (talk) 19:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Actually, having read the constitution, it looks like the IPU is wrong and there are actually ten seats available; article 78 states:

78. The National Assembly shall consist of-

(a) such number of members directly elected in accordance with-

(i) this Constitution; and

(ii) subject to this Constitution, an Act, as is equal to the number of electoral areas;

(b) not more than 10 members elected on the basis of the scheme of proportional representation specified in Schedule 4.

I'll amend the section. Number 57 19:43, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

OK, my bad.--Batmacumba (talk) 20:28, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Wonderful. I am surprised this created significant discussion.Sputink (talk) 20:39, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

This is why it's always good to mention something on the talk page, no matter how insignificant you think it might be. Number 57 20:52, 12 September 2016 (UTC)