South African municipal elections, 1995–96

Municipal elections were held in South Africa in 1995 and 1996. Over 11 000 seats were contested of which the African National Congress won 6 032, the National Party 1 814, the Inkhata Freedom Party 754 and the Democratic Party 138.^[1]

The elections were held on 1 November 1995 in most of the country, but delayed to 29 May 1996 in the Western Cape and 26 June 1996 in KwaZulu-Natal due to boundary demarcation disputes.

	Party	Leader	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	Nelson Mandela	5 033 855	58.02%	6 032
	National Party	Frederik de Klerk	1 563 465	18.02%	1814
	Inkatha Freedom Party	Mangosuthu Buthelezi	757 704	8.73%	754
	Democratic Party	Tony Leon	302 006	3.48%	138
	Freedom Front	Constand Viljoen	230 845	2.66%	159
	Pan Africanist Congress	Motsoko Pheko	104 455	1.2%	27
	Conservative Party	Ferdinand Hartzenberg	68 595	0.79%	57
	African Christian Democratic Party	Lucas Mangope	66 985	0.77%	8
	Others		422 587	4.27%	1097
Total			8 619 065	100.00%	11 368

References

↑ South Africa: 1995/96 Local government election results - votes per party

Elections and referendums in South Africa

General elections	1910 1915 1920 1921 1924 1929 1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958 1961 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1984 1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Municipal elections	1995–96 2000 2006 2011 2016

Referendums	1960 1983 1992

See also: Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonies Elections and referendums in South African Bantustans

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