Government Gazette

Vol. 406, No. 19934, 8 April 1999

GENERAL NOTICE

Notice 548 of 1999

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

REGIONAL SEATS RESERVED FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The Electoral Commission has in terms of Item 2 of the Interim Constitution, 1993, as amended by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, determined the fixed number of seats reserved for each region for the next election of the National Assembly, after taking into account scientifically based data in respect of the voting population and representations by interested parties, as follows:

PROVINCE NUMBER OF REGIONAL SEATS
Eastem Cape 27
Free State 14
Gauteng 46
KwaZulu-Natal 38
Mpumalanga 14
Northem Cape 4
Northem Province 20
North-West 17
Western Cape 20
TOTAL 200

 

Province Population Census Populatoin Actual # Registered % Registered Census % Registered Actual
 
Eastem Cape 3,847,809 3,233,152 2,483,950 64.55 76.83
Free State 1,735,144 1,516,405 1,237,125 71.3 81.58
Gauteng 5,571,476 4,687,061 4,208,663 75.54 89.79
Kwazulu Natal 5,503,376 4,686,503 3,469,998 63.05 74.04
Mpumalanga 1,691,029 1,544,822 1,290,171 76.3 83.52
Northern Cape 542,169 480,433 380,183 70.12 79.13
Northern Province 2,695,677 2,410,714 1,872,099 69.45 77.66
North West Province 2,177,452 1,895,069 1,536,860 70.58 81.1
Western Cape 2,784,823 2,317,030 1,862,804 66.89 80.4
 
Total 26,548,955 22,771,189 18,341,853 69.09 80.55