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Each member must be a citizen of Eswatini, at least 18 years old, a registered voter, and have "paid all taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner of Taxes".
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A maximum of 76 members are permitted by section 95 (1) of the Constitution. There are currently 66. Fifty-five members are elected from single-member
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by the traditional chiefs. The top three finishers then proceed to a general election, also by secret ballot, in a
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appoints the other ten members, at least half of whom must be women. The 66th member is the
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was disbanded and bicameral legislature was established in the new
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The House of Assembly was established in 1967 when the
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List of speakers of the House of Assembly of Eswatini
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House of Assembly of Swaziland
Coat of arms or logo
Lower House
Parliament of Eswatini
Speaker
Jabulani Mabuza

Independents
Attorney general
Lobamba
web.archive.org/web/20220615225736/https://www.parliament.gov.sz/

lower chamber
bicameral
Parliament
absolute monarchy
Legislative Council
constitution
constituencies
tinkhundlas
Hhohho District
Lubombo District
Manzini District
Shiselweni District
King
Speaker of the House
upper chamber
Senate of Eswatini
secret ballot
first-past-the-post system of voting

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