List of members of the 2nd KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
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| Legislative body | KwaZulu-Natal Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | ||||
| Term | 18 June 1999 – April 2004 | ||||
| Election | 2 June 1999 | ||||
| Members | 80 | ||||
| Speaker | Bonga Mdletshe (IFP) | ||||
| Deputy Speaker | Willies Mchunu (ANC) | ||||
| Premier | Lionel Mtshali (IFP) | ||||
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This is a list of members of the second KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, as elected in the election of 2 June 1999. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) lost its majority in the legislature but retained a plurality, holding 34 seats in the 80-seat legislature.[1] It formed a coalition government with the second-largest party, the African National Congress (ANC), which won 32 seats. Also represented were the Democratic Party, with seven seats; the New National Party, with three seats; the Minority Front, with two seats; and the United Democratic Movement and African Christian Democratic Party, with one seat apiece. The United Democratic Movement was a new entrant to the legislature, while the Pan Africanist Congress lost its representation.[2]
After the election, the first sitting of the legislature was postponed to allow the parties to enter into negotiations over the formation of a government.[3] At the first sitting, held on 18 June 1999, members were sworn in to their seats and re-elected Lionel Mtshali as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal.[2] He defeated the opposition candidate, the Democratic Party's Roger Burrows, with 67 votes to Burrows's eight; the ANC had withdrawn the nomination of its own candidate, Sbu Ndebele, in favour of joining a coalition with the IFP. The ANC was therefore represented in Mtshali's Executive Council.[2] The IFP's Bonga Mdletshe was re-elected as Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, and the ANC's Willies Mchunu was re-elected as his deputy.[4]
Composition[edit]
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 34 | |
| African National Congress | 32 | |
| Democratic Party | 7 | |
| New National Party | 3 | |
| Minority Front | 2 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 1 | |
| Total | 80 | |
Members[edit]
This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 2 June 1999.[1] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mtshali sworn in as KwaNatal premier". The Mail & Guardian. 1999-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ "KZN premier to be sworn in on Friday". The Mail & Guardian. 1999-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ "KZN speaker quits over media". News24. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 2023-06-24.