Some political parties did not fulfill the requirement to submit to the NEC and the ZEC in advance to the elections the full list of female candidates for the reserved seats arguing that such action should follow the apportionment of seats according to the electoral results, which could only be known after the elections. Also, it was argued that it would be a useless exercise to present a full list when it was known in advance that they would not win all the reserved seats, which are proportionally distributed according to the results. However, the EU EOM considers that the political parties should be legally required to provide the list of candidates that are eligible to receive a mandate through the allocation of reserved seats, specifically those ascribed to women in the National Assembly and the House of Representatives. These lists should be made public before election day enabling voters to know what candidates would benefit from their vote.