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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.
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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.
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||||||||
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 |
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