South African general election, 1999

South Africa's second non- racial (ie not held under the terms of apartheid ) elections were held on 6 June 1999, and were won by the African National Congress ( ANC), which increased its number of seats to 14. The ANC had a choice previously (27 April 1994) also won an absolute majority, then Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa. Mandela ( born 1918 ) had planned to no time for a second term; he held on 29 March 1999 his farewell speech and sat down to rest afterwards.

Noteworthy was the collapse of the New National Party, formerly the National Party (NP ), which lost more than half their trailer without the former President Frederik Willem de Klerk. The largest opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party, after they had emerged from the 1994 elections only as the fifth- strongest party. The number of represented in the National Assembly parties increased to 13 The party United Democratic Movement (United Democratic Movement ), which was co-led by former NP- member Roelf Meyer and former ANC member Bantu Holomisa, was there with 14 won seats the most successful of the newly occurred parties.

Results of the provincial elections

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