1994 South African general election

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The 1994 South African general election was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote that ended apartheid rule and brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress to power.

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1994 South African general election canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
historic event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs first democratic election in South Africa ⓘ
coalitionPartnersInGovernmentOfNationalUnity African National Congress ⓘ
Inkatha Freedom Party ⓘ
National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
commemoratedBy Freedom Day (South Africa) ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
electoralSystem closed-list proportional representation ⓘ
electoralThreshold none ⓘ
endDate 1994-04-29 ⓘ
FreedomDayDate April 27 ⓘ
governmentFormedBy African National Congress ⓘ
governmentTypeAfterElection Government of National Unity (South Africa) ⓘ
historicalContext transition from apartheid to democracy ⓘ
largestParty African National Congress ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Nelson Mandela ⓘ
legalBasis Interim Constitution of South Africa ⓘ
legislatureElected National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ
provincial legislatures of South Africa ⓘ
location South Africa ⓘ
mainVotingDays 1994-04-27 ⓘ
mainWinner African National Congress ⓘ
majorConsequence election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa ⓘ
end of apartheid-era minority rule ⓘ
establishment of full multiracial democracy in South Africa ⓘ
nextElection 1999 South African general election ⓘ
notableFeature conducted under conditions of significant political violence and tension in some regions ⓘ
first national election in which citizens of all races could vote ⓘ
oversightBody Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa) ⓘ
percentageForAfricanNationalCongress 62.65% ⓘ
percentageForInkathaFreedomParty 10.54% ⓘ
percentageForNationalParty 20.39% ⓘ
presidentAfterElection Nelson Mandela ⓘ
previousElection 1989 South African general election ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
registeredVoters approximately 22.7 million ⓘ
seatsNeededForTwoThirdsMajority 267 ⓘ
seatsWonByAfricanNationalCongress 252 ⓘ
seatsWonByInkathaFreedomParty 43 ⓘ
seatsWonByNationalParty 82 ⓘ
secondLargestParty National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
startDate 1994-04-26 ⓘ
statePresidentBeforeElection F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
thirdLargestParty Inkatha Freedom Party ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 400 ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 86% ⓘ
votesForAfricanNationalCongress approximately 12.2 million ⓘ
votesForInkathaFreedomParty approximately 2.07 million ⓘ
votesForNationalParty approximately 3.98 million ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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South African general elections → firstPostApartheidElection → 1994 South African general election ⓘ
United States–South Africa relations → improvedAfter → 1994 South African general election ⓘ
2014 South African general election → heldTwentyYearsAfter → 1994 South African general election ⓘ