2 June 1999 2004 → 266 38 10,601,330 1,527,337 Start date June 2, 1999 | 252 seats, 62.65% 7 seats, 1.73% 14 31 66.35% 9.56% | |
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Winner Thabo Mbeki | ||
South Africa's second non-racial general election, was held on 2 June 1999.
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This election was won by the African National Congress (ANC), who increased their number of seats by 14. Incumbent president Nelson Mandela declined to be re-elected again as president. Notable was the sharp decline of the New National Party, previously the National Party (NP), which without former president F.W. de Klerk lost more than half of their support. The liberal Democratic Party became the largest opposition party, after being the 5th largest party in the 1994 election. The number of parties represented in the National Assembly increased to 13, with the United Democratic Movement, jointly headed by former NP member Roelf Meyer, and former ANC member Bantu Holomisa, being the most successful of the newcomers with 14 seats.
Presidential election in National Assembly
Thabo Mbeki was elected president (unopposed) by the new Assembly on 14 June 1999, succeeding Nelson Mandela.
NCOP seats
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten elected by each provincial legislature. The Members of NCOP have to be elected in proportion to the party membership of the provincial legislature.