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The 2007 floor crossing window period in South Africa was a period of 15 days, from 1 to 15 September 2007, in which members of the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, and municipal councils were able to cross the floor from one political party to another without giving up their seats. The period was authorised by the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa,[1] which scheduled regular window periods in the second and fourth September after each election. The previous general election had been held on 14 April 2004, and a previous window period had occurred in September 2005.
In the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, the changes were minor, with the most significant development being the creation of the African People's Convention by departing members of the Pan Africanist Congress.
The tables below show all the changes; in those provinces not listed there was no change in the provincial legislature.
Tables
editNational Assembly
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[2] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 293 | +4 | 297 | |
DA | 47 | 0 | 47 | |
IFP | 23 | 0 | 23 | |
UDM | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
ID | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
ACDP | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
VF+ | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
National Democratic Convention | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
UCDP | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
APC[note 1] | +2 | 2 | ||
PAC | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
AZAPO | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Federation of Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
National Alliance[note 1] | +1 | 1 | ||
United Independent Front | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
Progressive Independent Movement | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
United Party | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
Total | 400 |
Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 51 | +2 | 53 | |
DA | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
UDM | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
APC[note 1] | +1 | 1 | ||
United Independent Front | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
PAC | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
Total | 63 |
Gauteng Provincial Legislature
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 51 | 0 | 51 | |
DA | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
IFP | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
VF+ | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
ID | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Alliance of Free Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
APC[note 1] | +1 | 1 | ||
Federal Alliance | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
PAC | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
United Independent Front | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
Total | 73 |
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 40 | +1 | 41 | |
IFP | 27 | 0 | 27 | |
DA | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
National Democratic Convention | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
UDM | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 80 |
Limpopo Provincial Legislature
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 45 | +1 | 46 | |
DA | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
United Independent Front | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 49 |
Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 24 | +1 | 25 | |
DA | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
VF+ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
ID | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 30 |
Western Cape Provincial Parliament
editParty | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 24 | +3 | 27 | |
DA | 13 | −2 | 11 | |
ACDP | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
United Independent Front | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
ID | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 42 |
National Council of Provinces
editThe National Council of Provinces was reconstituted as a result of the changes in the provincial legislatures. Its reconstituted makeup was as follows:[4]
Party | Delegate type | EC | FS | G | KZN | L | M | NW | NC | WC | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | Permanent | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 68 | |
Special | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 32 | |||
DA | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
Special | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
IFP | Permanent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Special | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
ACDP | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
ID | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
VF+ | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
UCDP | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
UDM | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
National Democratic Convention | Special | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 90 |
Notes to the tables
editNational floor crossings
editFrom PAC to APC
editProvincial floor crossings
editEastern Cape
editFrom PAC to APC
editWestern Cape
editFrom UIF to DA
editFrom DA to ANC
editGauteng
editFrom PAC to APC
editMunicipal floor crossings
editCity of Cape Town
editFrom DA to NPP
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003
- ^ "Political Parties in National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f John Kane-Berman; et al. (2008). South Africa Survey 2007/08. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 650.
- ^ John Kane-Berman; et al. (2008). South Africa Survey 2007/08. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 648.