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Regional Patterns in South Africa's Postapartheid Election in 1994

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  • A J Christopher

    (Department of Geography, University of Port Elizabeth, PO Box 1600, Port Elizabeth 6000, South Africa)

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The first universal-franchise elections in South Africa, for the National Assembly and nine provincial councils, were conducted under a system of proportional representation in April 1994. The African National Congress won a substantial victory but failed to secure control of two key provinces: the Western Cape and KwaZulu—Natal. Ethnic voting patterns among the spatially concentrated Coloured and Zulu populations were at variance with the otherwise national-liberationary nature of the election. The South African experience of the significance of ethnic voting parallels that discerned in other emergent democracies, contributing to the widening field of electoral geography.

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  • A J Christopher, 1996. "Regional Patterns in South Africa's Postapartheid Election in 1994," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 14(1), pages 55-69, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:14:y:1996:i:1:p:55-69
    DOI: 10.1068/c140055
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