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POLITICS AT A GLANCE................................................................................................. 703
Politics overview....................................................................................... 703
THE STATE OF PLAY IN 2009........................................................................................ 704
Parliament......................................................................................................................... 704
The National Assembly............................................................................................. 704
The state of play in the National Assembly after the 2009
national election......................................................................................... 704
Proportional representation and seats held by party after
the 2009 national election................................................................. 704
Representation in the National Assembly by party after
the 2009 national election................................................................. 705
The National Council of Provinces.......................................................................... 705
Seats held in the National Council of Provinces after the
2009 provincial elections................................................................................ 705
Number of delegates to the National Council of Provinces
after the 2009 provincial elections................................................... 705
Representation in the National Council of Provinces after
the 2009 provincial elections............................................................. 706
Provincial legislatures................................................................................................... 706
The state of play in provincial legislatures following the 2009
provincial elections........................................................................................... 706
Seats in provincial legislatures after the 2009 provincial
elections................................................................................................. 706
Overall representation in the nine provincial legislatures after
the 2009 provincial elections............................................................. 707
Local authorities.............................................................................................................. 708
The state of play in all local authorities........................................................... 708
Ward and proportional representation votes by party, 2000
and 2006............................................................................................... 708
Ward and proportional representation seats by party,
2000–2007 (actual numbers)............................................................ 709
Representation in the six metropolitan municipalities
after the 2007 floor crossing.............................................................. 710
Councils controlled by party, 2007................................................................... 711
Councils controlled by party, 2000–2007........................................... 711
Results of the national election in selected municipalities, 2009................. 712
Results of the 2009 national election: Buffalo City (East
London)................................................................................................. 712
Results of the 2009 national election: Cape Town........................... 712
Results of the 2009 national election: Ekurhuleni (East Rand)...... 713
Results of the 2009 national election: eThekwini (Durban)............ 713
Results of the 2009 national election: Johannesburg....................... 714
Results of the 2009 national election: Mangaung
(Bloemfontein)............................................................... 714
Results of the 2009 national election: Mbombela (Nelspruit)......... 715
Results of the 2009 national election: Msunduzi
(Pietermaritzburg)................................................................................ 715
Results of the 2009 national election: Nelson Mandela Bay
(Port Elizabeth).................................................................................... 716
Results of the 2009 national election: Polokwane............................ 716
Results of the 2009 national election: Rustenburg............................ 717
Results of the 2009 national election: Sol Plaatje (Kimberley)...... 717
Results of the 2009 national election: Tshwane (Pretoria).............. 718
VOTING TRENDS................................................................................................................. 718
Voter turnout in national and provincial elections, 1994–2009.......................... 718
Voter turnout: 1994–2009..................................................................... 718
Voting trends..................................................................................................................... 719
Voting trends: 1994–2009..................................................................... 719
Changes in party representation 1994–2009............................................................ 720
Changes in party representation 1994–2009 — National
Assembly .............................................................................................. 720
Parliament: year-by-year party representation in the National
Assembly (main parties)..................................................................... 720
Changes in party representation in provincial legislatures,
1994–2009............................................................................................ 721
THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRACY INDEX.......................................................... 724
South African Democracy Index.......................................................... 724
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS............................................................................... 725
World Bank Governance Indicators Report, 2007 (selected
countries)............................................................................................... 725
The Democracy Index from The Economist, 2008
(selected countries).............................................................................. 727
Press freedom in the world, 2008 (selected countries)....................... 729