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Elections 2004

The Nine Provinces

Elections will be held in all nine provinces on April 14. Voters will select a party to occupy seats in the Provincial Legislature. The SABC/Markinor Opinion 2004 poll indicates that the ANC will be the biggest party in all nine legislatures, but it might not have an absolute majority (more than 50%) in two of the provinces: Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal.

Provincial links:

Party	Provincial Legislatures before 2004 Election
Party	WC	Limp	EC	Gaut	KZN	NC	NW	Mpu	FS
1. African National Congress (ANC)	18	44	47	50	32	20	27	26	25
2. Democratic Alliance (DA)	5	1	4	13	7	1	1	1	2
3. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)	0	0	0	3	34	0	0	0	0
4. New National Party (New NP)	17	1	2	3	3	8	1	1	2
5. African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
6. United Democratic Movement (UDM)	1	1	9	1	1	0	0	1	0
7. Freedom Front (FF)	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
8. United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9. Federal Alliance (FA)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10. Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11. African Independent Movement (AIM)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12. Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity (ADP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13. Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14. Independent Democrat s (ID)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15. Minority Front (MF)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
16. National Action (NA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17. Peace and Justice Congress (PJC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	42	49	63	73	80	30	33	30	30

Provincial Premiers Premiers are only allowed to serve two consecutive terms
Province	History of Premiers
ECape	7 May 1994 - 4 Feb 1997 - Raymond Mhlaba 4 Feb 1997 - Rev. Makhenkesi Stofile
Gauteng	7 May 1994 - 19 Jan 1998 - Tokyo Sexwale 19 Jan 1998 - 15 June 1999 - Mathole Motshekga 15 June 1999 - Mbazima -Shilowa
NCape	7 May 1994 - Manne Dipico
Mpumalanga	7 May 1994 - 15 June 1999 - Mathews Phosa 15 June 1999 - Ndaweni Mahlangu
Free State	7 May 1994 - 18 Dec 1996 - Patrick Lekota 18 Dec 1996 - 15 June 1999 - Ivy Matsepe Casaburri 15 June 1999 - Winkie Direko
NWest	7 May 1994 - Popo Molefe
Limpopo	7 May 1994 - Ngoako Ramatlhodi
WCape	7 May 1994 - 11 May 1998 Hernus Kriel 11 May 1998 - 12 Nov 2001 Gerald Morkel 12 Nov 2001 - 5 Dec 2001 Cecil Herandien (acting) 5 Dec 2001 - 3 Jun 2002 Peter Marais 3 Jun 2002 - 21 Jun 2002 Piet Meyer (acting) 21 Jun 2002 - Marthinus van Schalkwyk
KZN	11 May 1994 - 1 Mar 1997 - Frank Mdlalose 1 Mar 1997 - 10 Feb 1999 - Ben Ngubane 10 Feb 1999 - Lionel Mtshali