South African general election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held on 14 April 2004 in South Africa, was in which the African National Congress ( ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, who has been in office since the end of apartheid, re-elected with an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
It was the third election since the end of apartheid and the ANC was able to extend his result by 69.7 %, which would theoretically allow him to change the constitution alone. The turnout was 76.7 %, which means that 53 % of all eligible voters have chosen the ANC.
The largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA ), which was able to record also a increase in votes, which probably came from former voters of the New National Party. The New National Party, the successor party to the Apartheid Government ( National Party ), lost almost all of their support and deteriorated from 20.4 % ( 1994) to 6.9 % ( 1999) to 1.7 %, as many supporters of the coalition the NNP with the ANC were irritated. The Independent Democrats, a new political party led by Patricia de Lille, the fifth largest party was even before the NNP.