1999 South African general election

1999 South African general election

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All 400 seats in the National Assembly
201 seats needed for a majority
Registered18,172,751
Turnout89.30% (Increase 2.43pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Thabo Mbeki Tony Leon Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Party ANC DP IFP
Last election 62.65%, 252 seats 1.73%, 7 seats 10.54%, 43 seats
Seats won 266 38 34
Seat change Increase 14 Increase 31 Decrease 9
Popular vote 10,601,330 1,527,337 1,371,477
Percentage 66.35% 9.56% 8.58%
Swing Increase 3.70pp Increase 7.83pp Decrease 1.96pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk Bantu Holomisa Kenneth Meshoe
Party NNP UDM ACDP
Last election 20.39%, 82 seats[a] Did not exist 0.45%, 2 seats
Seats won 28 14 6
Seat change Decrease 54 New party Increase 4
Popular vote 1,098,215 546,790 228,975
Percentage 6.87% 3.42% 1.43%
Swing Decrease 13.52pp New party Increase 0.98pp


President before election

Nelson Mandela
ANC

Elected President

Thabo Mbeki
ANC

General elections were held in South Africa on 2 June 1999. The result was a landslide victory for the governing African National Congress (ANC), which gained fourteen seats. Incumbent president Nelson Mandela declined to seek re-election as president on grounds of his age. This election was notable for the sharp decline of the New National Party, previously the National Party (NP), which without former State President F. W. de Klerk lost more than half of their former support base. The liberal Democratic Party became the largest opposition party, after being the fifth largest party in the previous elections in 1994. The number of parties represented in the National Assembly increased to thirteen, with the United Democratic Movement, jointly headed by former National Party member Roelf Meyer, and former ANC member Bantu Holomisa, being the most successful of the newcomers with fourteen seats.
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