South African general election, 1999

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All 400 seats to the National Assembly of South Africa

	First party	Second party

Leader	Thabo Mbeki	Tony Leon
Party	African National Congress	Democratic Party
Last election	252 seats, 62.65%	7 seats, 1.73%
Seats won	266	38
Seat change	14	31
Popular vote	10,601,330	1,527,337
Percentage	66.35%	9.56%
Swing	3.70%	7.83%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Mangosuthu Buthelezi	Marthinus van Schalkwyk
Party	Inkatha Freedom Party	New National Party
Last election	43 seats, 10.54%	82 seats, 20.39%
Seats won	34	28
Seat change	9	54
Popular vote	1,371,477	1,098,215
Percentage	8.58%	6.87%
Swing	1.96%	13.52%

President before election

Nelson Mandela
African National Congress

Elected President

Thabo Mbeki
African National Congress

Nelson Mandela
African National Congress

Thabo Mbeki
African National Congress

South Africa's second non-racial general election, was held on 2 June 1999.

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.

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

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.

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