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The automatic loss of a parliamentary seat when an elected member of parliament moves from his/her original parliamentary formation to another formation reflects the view that he or she is a delegate forming part of a political formation and not a representative who is elected to freely exercise his/her discretion in the lifetime of that particular legislature. Political parties argued that this rule was an efficient deterrent against “floor crossing” and other practices aimed at destabilising political factions in the parliament.