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25th South African Parliament

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25th South African Parliament
24th 26th
Overview
JurisdictionSouth Africa
Meeting placeCape Town
Term6 May 2009 – 21 May 2014
National Assembly of South Africa
Composition of the National Assembly
Members400
Speaker of the National Assembly of South AfricaMax Sisulu
Leader of the OppositionAthol Trollip
(until 27 October 2011)
Lindiwe Mazibuko
(from 27 October 2011)
National Council of Provinces
Composition of the National Council of Provinces
Members90
ChairpersonM.J. Mahlangu
Deputy ChairpersonThandi Memela
Leader of the OppositionWatty Watson

The 25th South African Parliament was the fourth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 22 April 2009, and first met on 6 May of that year to elect Jacob Zuma as the fourth President of South Africa. It was formally opened by the newly elected President's State of the Nation address in a joint sitting on 3 June 2009.[1] The ANC retained its majority, although it was reduced to 264 seats out of 400 (66%) in the National Assembly, while the Democratic Alliance increased its lead of the opposition, taking 67 seats (16.75%). The Speaker of the National Assembly was Max Sisulu of the ANC and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces was M. J. Mahlangu, also of the ANC.

Parties represented

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National Assembly

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Party Seats
African National Congress 264
Democratic Alliance 67
Congress of the People 30
Inkatha Freedom Party 18
Independent Democrats 4
United Democratic Movement 4
Freedom Front Plus 4
African Christian Democratic Party 3
United Christian Democratic Party 2
Pan Africanist Congress 1
Minority Front 1
Azanian People's Organisation 1
African People's Convention 1
Total 400
Source:[2]

National Council of Provinces

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Party Delegate type Province Total
EC FS G KZN L M NW NC WC
African National Congress Permanent 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 35 62
Special 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 1 27
Democratic Alliance Permanent 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 13
Special 1 2 3
Congress of the People Permanent 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 8
Special 1 1
Independent Democrats Permanent 1 1 2
Special 1 1
Inkatha Freedom Party Permanent 1 1 2
Special 1 1
Freedom Front Plus Special 1 1
United Christian Democratic Party Special 1 1
United Democratic Movement Special 1 1
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 90

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Road Closures Ahead of Parliament's Opening
  2. ^ "Election Resources on the Internet: Republic of South Africa General Election Results Lookup". electionresources.org. Retrieved 3 December 2021.