1999 South African general election

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All 400 seats in the National Assembly of South Africa 201 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89.30%
First party Second party Third party   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 14 31 9 Popular vote 10,601,330 1,527,337 1,371,477 Percentage 66.35% 9.56% 8.58% Swing 3.70% 7.83% 1.96%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk Bantu Holomisa Kenneth Meshoe Party NNP UDM ACDP Last election 20.39%, 82 seats[a] – 0.45%, 2 seats Seats won 28 14 6 Seat change 54 New 4 Popular vote 1,098,215 546,790 228,975 Percentage 6.87% 3.42% 1.43% Swing 13.52% New 0.98%
President before election Nelson Mandela ANC Elected President Thabo Mbeki ANC

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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.

National Assembly results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	10,601,330	66.35	266	+14
	Democratic Party	1,527,337	9.56	38	+31
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,371,477	8.58	34	−9
	New National Party	1,098,215	6.87	28	−54
	United Democratic Movement	546,790	3.42	14	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	228,975	1.43	6	+4
	Freedom Front	127,217	0.80	3	−6
	United Christian Democratic Party	125,280	0.78	3	New
	Pan Africanist Congress	113,125	0.71	3	−2
	Federal Alliance	86,704	0.54	2	New
	Minority Front	48,277	0.30	1	+1
	Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging	46,292	0.29	1	New
	Azanian People's Organisation	27,257	0.17	1	New
	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	10,611	0.07	0	New
	Government by the People Green Party	9,193	0.06	0	New
	Socialist Party of Azania	9,062	0.06	0	New
Total		15,977,142	100.00	400	0
Valid votes		15,977,142	98.45
Invalid/blank votes		251,320	1.55
Total votes		16,228,462	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,172,751	89.30
Source: Election Resources

Provincial legislature results

Eastern Cape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

Northern Province

Western Cape

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.

Aftermath

Thabo Mbeki was elected president (unopposed) by the new Assembly on 14 June 1999, succeeding Nelson Mandela.^[2]