1999 South African general election

General elections were held in South Africa on 2 June 1999. The result was a landslide victory for the governing African National Congress (ANC), which gained fourteen seats. Incumbent president Nelson Mandela declined to seek re-election as president on grounds of his age. This election was notable for the sharp decline of the New National Party, previously the National Party (NP), which without former State President F. W. de Klerk lost more than half of their former support base. The liberal Democratic Party became the largest opposition party, after being the fifth largest party in the previous elections in 1994. The number of parties represented in the National Assembly increased to thirteen, with the United Democratic Movement, jointly headed by former National Party member Roelf Meyer, and former ANC member Bantu Holomisa, being the most successful of the newcomers with fourteen seats.

Provincial legislature results

Party		EC	FS	G	KZN	M	NW	NC	NP	WC
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	African National Congress	47	25	50	32	26	27	20	44	18
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	New National Party	2	2	3	3	1	1	8	1	17
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Inkatha Freedom Party	0	0	3	34	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic Party	4	2	13	7	1	1	1	1	5
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	United Democratic Movement	9	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Freedom Front	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	African Christian Democratic Party	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	United Christian Democratic Party	–	0	0	–	0	3	–	–	–
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Minority Front	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Federal Alliance	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		63	30	73	80	30	33	30	49	42

NCOP seats

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten elected by each provincial legislature. The Members of NCOP have to be elected in proportion to the party membership of the provincial legislature.

Party		Delegate type	EC	FS	G	KZN	M	NW	NC	NP	WC	Total
bgcolor=Template:Party color rowspan=2|	African National Congress	Permanent	4	4	4	2	5	4	4	5	2	34	63
Special		3	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	2	29
bgcolor=Template:Party color rowspan=2|	New National Party	Permanent		1	1	1			2		2	7	10
Special								1		2	3
bgcolor=Template:Party color rowspan=2|	Democratic Party	Permanent	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	7	8
Special				1							1
bgcolor=Template:Party color rowspan=2|	Inkatha Freedom Party	Permanent				2						2	4
Special					2						2
bgcolor=Template:Party color rowspan=2|	United Democratic Movement	Permanent	1							1		2	3
Special		1									1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	African Christian Democratic Party	Permanent									1	1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	United Christian Democratic Party	Permanent						1				1
Total			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	90
Source: South Africa Survey 2002/03<ref name="sas-03">Template:Cite book</ref>

Aftermath

Thabo Mbeki was elected president (unopposed) by the new Assembly on 14 June 1999, succeeding Nelson Mandela.<ref>Mbeki elected South African president BBC News, 14 June 1999</ref>