South Africa: Election archive

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].
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

Floor-crossing outcome

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]

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].

Report of the Electoral Task Team, January 2003, [www] http://www.elections.org.za/papers/27/ETT.pdf [PDF document, opens new window].

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

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

National Assembly results
Provincial results

INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE 1994 South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26-29 1994, [www] http://www.iri.org/africa/southafrica/pdfs/ South%20Africa's%201994%20Presidential%20and%20Parliamentary%20Elections.pdf [PDF document, opens new window].