South Africa: 1999 National Assembly votes and seats by party

Updated May 2007

Elections were held on 2 June 1999

Voting statistics

Registered voters	18 172 751
Ballots cast	16 228 462
Percentage poll	89.30
Valid ballots	15 977 142
Spoilt ballots	251 320
% Spoilt	1.55

Table source

INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION 1999 Report, Electoral Commission of South Africa: National and Provincial Elections, 2 June 1999, 78.

Votes and seats

Party	Votes	% Votes	Seats
African National Congress	10 601 330	66.35	266
Democratic Party	1 527 337	9.56	38
Inkatha Freedom Party	1 371 477	8.58	34
New National Party	1 098 215	6.87	28
United Democratic Movement	546 790	3.42	14
African Christian Democratic Party	228 975	1.43	6
Freedom Front	127 217	0.80	3
United Christian Democratic Party	125 280	0.78	3
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	113 125	0.71	3
Federal Alliance	86 704	0.54	2
Minority Front	48 277	0.30	1
Afrikaner Eenheids Beweging	46 292	0.29	1
Azanian People's Organisation	27 257	0.17	1
Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	10 611	0.07	0
The Government by the People Green Party	9 193	0.06	0
The Socialist Party of Azania	9 062	0.06	0
Total seats	15 977 142	99.99	400

Table source

INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION 1999 Report, Electoral Commission of South Africa: National and Provincial Elections, 2 June 1999, 78; for an electronic version of these results see INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION 1999 "National Elections: National Results", [www] http://www.elections.org.za/Results/natperparty.asp [opens new window] (accessed 30 Oct 2007).