How Elections Work
Commonwealth Elections are carried out in a manner so as to provide each party with seats representative of the amount of the vote they received.

Firstly, three-quarters of the seats of the Commonwealth Assembly are allocated according to individual races in electoral ridings.  These representatives must be elected with 50 per-cent plus one in their riding.  Secondly, one quarter of the seats are handed out based on the percentages of the overall vote to each party with a showing of greater than 5%.

Commonwealth Senate seats are allocated entirely on the basis of party lists given to the head of government of the relevant member state.   The head of government then selects the Senators from the party list.

The President must receive 50% plus 1 vote in order to be sworn in officially.  A first vote is held and if there is no clear winner from this, a second vote is held with only the two contenders with the best showings on ballot.

1511 Presidential Elections (first ballot)
Party	Results	%
Communist Party		5%
Green Party		10%
Democratic Alliance		16%
Unionist Party		49%
Democratic Party		20%
(second ballot)
Unionist Party		64%
Democratic Alliance		36%

Results of the 1511 Congressional Elections
Commonwealth Assembly
Party	%	Results	Seats
Communist Party	5%		25
Democratic Alliance	22%		110
Free Market Party	17%		85
Green Party	15%		75
Unionist Party	40%		200
Other	2%		10

Communist Party (CMDA)

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Free Market Party (FMP)

Green Federation (GF)

Unionist Party (UPDC)