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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 edit
National Assembly edit
| Party | 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 | |
| FF Plus | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| National Democratic Convention | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Minority Front | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| African People's Convention[note 1] | +2 | 2 | ||
| PAC | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 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 edit
| Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 51 | +2 | 53 | |
| DA | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| UDM | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| African People's Convention[note 1] | +1 | 1 | ||
| United Independent Front | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| PAC | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | |||
Gauteng Provincial Legislature edit
| Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 51 | 0 | 51 | |
| DA | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| IFP | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| FF Plus | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
| ID | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
| ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alliance of Free Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| African People's Convention[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 edit
| Party | 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 | |
| Minority Front | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| UDM | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 80 | |||
Limpopo Provincial Legislature edit
| Party | 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 edit
| Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 24 | +1 | 25 | |
| DA | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| ACDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FF Plus | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| ID | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | |||
Western Cape Provincial Parliament edit
| Party | 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 edit
The 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 | ||||||||||
| FF Plus | Permanent | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| United Christian Democratic Party | 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 edit
National floor crossings edit
From PAC to APC edit
Provincial floor crossings edit
Eastern Cape edit
From PAC to APC edit
Western Cape edit
From UIF to DA edit
From DA to ANC edit
Gauteng edit
From PAC to APC edit
Municipal floor crossings edit
City of Cape Town edit
From DA to NPP edit
See also edit
References 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.