South African municipal election, 1995–1996

Municipal elections were held in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

in 1995 and 1996. Over 11 000 seats were contested of which the African National Congress

African National Congress

The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...

won 6 032, the National Party 1 814, the Inkhata Freedom Party 754 and the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (South Africa)

The Democratic Party was the name of the South African political party now called the Democratic Alliance . Although the Democratic Party name dates from 1989, the party existed under other labels throughout the Apartheid years, when it was the Parliamentary opposition to the ruling National...

138.

Party	Leader	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...	Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...		58.02%	6 032
	National Party National Party (South Africa) The National Party is a former political party in South Africa. Founded in 1914, it was the governing party of the country from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994. Members of the National Party were sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a...	Frederik de Klerk		18.02%	1814
	Inkatha Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...	Mangosuthu Buthelezi Mangosuthu Buthelezi Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi is a South African Zulu politician who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party in 1975 and continues to lead the party today.His praise name is Shenge.-Early life:...		8.73%	754
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (South Africa) The Democratic Party was the name of the South African political party now called the Democratic Alliance . Although the Democratic Party name dates from 1989, the party existed under other labels throughout the Apartheid years, when it was the Parliamentary opposition to the ruling National...	Zach de Beer Zach de Beer Zacharias Johannes de Beer was a liberal Afrikaner South African politician and businessman...		3.48%	138
	Freedom Front	Constand Viljoen Constand Viljoen General Constand Viljoen SSA SD SOE SM is a former South African military commander and politician. He is partly credited with preventing the outbreak of armed violence by disaffected Afrikaners prior to the 1994 elections.-Military service:Viljoen received a degree in military science in 1955...		2.66%	159
	Pan African Congress Pan African Congress Pan African Congress can refer to:* Pan-African Congress, a series of five meetings held between 1919 and 1945* Pan Africanist Congress, the South African political party...	Motsoko Pheko Motsoko Pheko Motsoko Pheko is a South African lawyer, author, historian, theologian, academic, and politician.-Biography:Born to a wealthy rural family in Lesotho on 13 November 1933, Pheko and his brother went to live in South Africa in the 1930s upon the sudden death of their parents. They were raised by E....		1.2%	27
	Conservative Party Conservative Party (South Africa) The Conservative Party of South Africa was a conservative party formed in 1982 as a breakaway from the ruling National Party...	Ferdinand Hartzenberg Ferdinand Hartzenberg Ferdinand Hartzenberg is a South African politician and was the second and last leader of the Conservative Party in South Africa between 1993 and its merger with the Freedom Front in 2004....		0.79%	57
	African Christian Democratic Party	Lucas Mangope Lucas Mangope Kgosi Lucas Manyane Mangope is the former leader of the Bantustan of Bophuthatswana and current leader of the United Christian Democratic Party, a minor political party based in the North West province of South Africa....		0.77%	8
	Others		422 587	4.27%	1097
Total			8 619 065	100.00%	11 368

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