This is a list of members of the second KwaZulu-Natal Legislature , as elected in the election of 2 June 1999 . The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) lost its majority in the legislature but retained a plurality, holding 34 seats in the 80-seat legislature.[ 1] It formed a coalition government with the second-largest party, the African National Congress (ANC), which won 32 seats. Also represented were the Democratic Party , with seven seats; the New National Party , with three seats; the Minority Front , with two seats; and the United Democratic Movement and African Christian Democratic Party , with one seat apiece. The United Democratic Movement was a new entrant to the legislature, while the Pan Africanist Congress lost its representation.[ 2]
After the election, the first sitting of the legislature was postponed to allow the parties to enter into negotiations over the formation of a government.[ 3] At the first sitting, held on 18 June 1999, members were sworn in to their seats and re-elected Lionel Mtshali as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal .[ 2] He defeated the opposition candidate, the Democratic Party's Roger Burrows , with 67 votes to Burrows's eight; the ANC had withdrawn the nomination of its own candidate, Sbu Ndebele , in favour of joining a coalition with the IFP. The ANC was therefore represented in Mtshali's Executive Council .[ 2] The IFP's Bonga Mdletshe was re-elected as Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature , and the ANC's Willies Mchunu was re-elected as his deputy.[ 4]
Composition
Members
This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 2 June 1999.[ 1] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.
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