South Africa: Election archive
2009 National Assembly and Provincial Legislature elections
Election Results
National Assembly
Provincial legislatures
EISA documents
EISA Observer Mission: Interim Statement
EISA Observer Mission: Launch Statement
South Africa Election Updates 2009 [PDF documents]:
Election Resources
Election Observer Missions
Voter registration
Parties participating in the 2009 elections
Expatriate voting
2009 Election timetable
Detailed election timetables: IEC 2009 "Election time tables", [www] http://www.elections.org.za/library1.asp?KSId=17&iKid=3 [opens new window] (accessed 4 Mar 2010)
Election day: 22 April 2009
Foreign votes: Applications close 15 April 2009.
Special votes: Applications to Municipal Electoral Officer close 14 April, to Presiding Officer 20 April 2009.
Candidate lists: Parties submit lists by 2 March, lists and documentation available for inspection 16-17 March, 2009 (28 parties submitted lists for the National Assembly), objections submitted by 18 March, Electoral Court rulings by 31 March 2009.
Voters' roll: Published by 20 February 2009.
Voter Registration: Closed 12 February 2009. South Africa's voters' roll is continuously updated. Registration drives were held on 8-9 November 2008 and 7-8 February 2009. There are just over 23 million voters registered.
Electoral legislation and regulations
IEC 2008 "Legislation", [www] http://www.elections.org.za/legislation.asp [opens new window] (accessed 4 Mar 2010).
For a summary of the main provisions see South Africa: Electoral legislation
Floor-crossing 2007
The two-week floor-crossing period for the National Assembly, provincial legislatures and local government councils ran from 1-15 Sep 2007.
National Assembly floor-crossing outcome 2007
MATLOSA, K & SHALE, V (eds) 2007 The Impact of Floor Crossing on Party Systems and Representative Democracy, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Seminar Report No 19, [www] http://www.kas.de/db_files/dokumente/7_dokument_dok_pdf_11847_2.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 4 Mar 2010).
MASEMOLA, NPK 2007 Floor-Crossing and its Political Consequences in South Africa [PDF document], EISA Occassional Paper No 44.
Municipal elections 2006
Municipal structures and balloting
Local government results 2006
EISA 2006, Handbook on Legislation and Regulations for South Africa's Local Government Elections 2006 [PDF]
SACSOC Report on the municipal elections [PDF]
EISA Local Government Programme
South Africa Election Updates 2006 [PDF documents]:
LETSHOLO, S 2006 Democratic Local Government Elections in South Africa: A Critical Review [PDF document], EISA Occasional Paper No 42.
National Assembly floor-crossing 2005
MASEMOLA, NPK 2007 Floor-Crossing and its Political Consequences in South Africa [PDF document], EISA Occassional Paper No 44.
National Assembly & provincial 2004
National results
Provincial results
Political party registration
Voter registration
EISA Observer Mission report [PDF]
EISA Observer Mission interim statement
South Africa Election Updates 2004 [PDFs]
- Election Update no. 1
- Election Update no. 2
- Election Update no. 3
- Election Update no. 4
- Election Update no. 5
- Election Update no. 6
- Election Update no. 7
- Election Update no. 8
- Election Update no. 9
- Election Update no. 10
LETSHOLO, S 2005 How the ANC Won the 2004 Elections [PDF document], EISA Occassional Paper No 31.
PIPER, L (ed) 2004 South Africa's 2004 Election: The Quest for Democratic Consolidation [PDF docuemnt], EISA Research Report 12.
2002-2003 Electoral Task Team
MASANGO, D 2003 "Parliament's 400 seats to be retained, says Cabinet" BuaNews Online, Government Communication and Information System, 5 March, [www]http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=03030516461008&coll=buanew03 [opens new window] (accessed 4 Mar 2010).
Report of the Electoral Task Team, January 2003, [www] http://www.elections.org.za/papers/27/ETT.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 4 Mar 2010).
South African Electoral System Roundtable 2002
2000 Local government elections
Party support, proportional representation ballot
Local elections results by province
Metropolitan council results
Local elections comparative analysis
BALLINGTON, J 2001, Women and local government: the issues IN Pottie, D & Ford, H (eds), Local Government in South Africa: Elections 2000, EISA.
POTTIE, D 2001, Women and local government: By the numbers IN Pottie, D & Ford, H (eds), Local Government in South Africa: Elections 2000, EISA.
1999 Elections
1999 Elections
National Assembly votes and seats by party
Provincial legislature results
Seats won in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures
ANC Women MPs, 19999
Women in National Assembly, 1999
Women in executive councils and provincial legislatures, 1999
Women members of the National Council of Provinces, 1999
EISA 2002 Proportional representation: Pos and cons
POTTIE, D 2001 Women and local government: By the numbers.
MOTTIAR, S 2002 Democratic consolidation in South Africa [PDF document], EISA.
THUYNSMA, HA 2002 The craft and the poetry of campaigning: How do American principles apply in a South African situation? [PDF document], EISA.
1995/6 Local government elections
Election results - seats per party
Election results - votes per party
Voter registration and turnout
1994 Elections
Democratic Elections
National Assembly results
Provincial results
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE 1994 South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26-29 1994, [www] http://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/South%20Africa's%201994%20Presidential%20and%20Parliamentary%20Elections.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 4 Mar 2010).
Before 1994
Settlement
Historical franchise arrangements
Politics between 1910 and 1994
