2007 South African floor-crossing window period

The 2007 floor crossing window period in South Africa was a period of 15 days, from 1 to 15 September 2007, in which members of the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, and municipal councils were able to cross the floor from one political party to another without giving up their seats. The period was authorised by the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, ^[1] which scheduled regular window periods in the second and fourth September after each election. The previous general election had been held on 14 April 2004, and a previous window period had occurred in September 2005.

In the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, the changes were minor, with the most significant development being the creation of the African People's Convention by departing members of the Pan Africanist Congress.

The tables below show all the changes; in those provinces not listed there was no change in the provincial legislature.

Tables

National Assembly

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [2]
	ANC	293	+4	297
	DA	47	0	47
	IFP	23	0	23
	UDM	6	0	6
	ID	5	−1	4
	ACDP	4	0	4
	VF+	4	0	4
	National Democratic Convention	4	0	4
	UCDP	3	0	3
	MF	2	0	2
	APC [note 1]		+2	2
	PAC	3	−2	1
	AZAPO	1	0	1
	Federation of Democrats	1	0	1
	National Alliance [note 1]		+1	1
	United Independent Front	2	−2	0
	Progressive Independent Movement	1	−1	0
	United Party	1	−1	0
Total		400

Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [3]
	ANC	51	+2	53
	DA	5	0	5
	UDM	4	0	4
	APC [note 1]		+1	1
	United Independent Front	2	−2	0
	PAC	1	−1	0
Total		63

Gauteng Provincial Legislature

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [3]
	ANC	51	0	51
	DA	12	+1	13
	IFP	2	0	2
	VF+	1	+1	2
	ID	1	+1	2
	ACDP	1	0	1
	Alliance of Free Democrats	1	0	1
	APC [note 1]		+1	1
	Federal Alliance	2	−2	0
	PAC	1	−1	0
	United Independent Front	1	−1	0
Total		73

KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [3]
	ANC	40	+1	41
	IFP	27	0	27
	DA	5	0	5
	National Democratic Convention	4	−1	3
	MF	2	0	2
	ACDP	1	0	1
	UDM	1	0	1
Total		80

Limpopo Provincial Legislature

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [3]
	ANC	45	+1	46
	DA	2	−1	1
	ACDP	1	0	1
	United Independent Front	1	0	1
Total		49

Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [3]
	ANC	24	+1	25
	DA	3	−1	2
	ACDP	1	0	1
	VF+	1	0	1
	ID	1	0	1
Total		30

Western Cape Provincial Parliament

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after [3]
	ANC	24	+3	27
	DA	13	−2	11
	ACDP	2	0	2
	United Independent Front	2	−1	1
	ID	1	0	1
Total		42

National Council of Provinces

The National Council of Provinces was reconstituted as a result of the changes in the provincial legislatures. Its reconstituted makeup was as follows: ^[4]

Party		Delegate type	EC	FS	G	KZN	L	M	NW	NC	WC	Total
	ANC	Permanent	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	36	68
		Special	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	32
	DA	Permanent	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	10	12
		Special			1						1	2
	IFP	Permanent			1	2						3	4
		Special				1						1
	ACDP	Permanent									1	1
	ID	Permanent								1		1
	VF+	Permanent		1								1
	UCDP	Permanent							1			1
	UDM	Permanent	1									1
	National Democratic Convention	Special				1						1
Total			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	90

Notes to the tables

1. Party created during this floor-crossing period.

National floor crossings

From PAC to APC

• Themba Godi
• Mofihli Likotsi

Provincial floor crossings

Eastern Cape

From PAC to APC

• Zingisa Mkhabile

Western Cape

From UIF to DA

• Elizabeth Thompson (politician)

From DA to ANC

• Kent Morkel
• Kobus Brynard

Gauteng

From PAC to APC

• Malesela Ledwaba

Municipal floor crossings

City of Cape Town

From DA to NPP

• David Sasman

See also

• Floor crossing (South Africa)
• 2003 South African floor-crossing window period
• 2005 South African floor-crossing window period

References

1. Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003
2. "Political Parties in National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
3. John Kane-Berman; et al. (2008). South Africa Survey 2007/08. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 650.
4. John Kane-Berman; et al. (2008). South Africa Survey 2007/08. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 648.