AZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections

Date: 2 Jun 1999
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO) performed abysmally in the 1999 elections, managing to secure only 0,2 % of the vote which gave them one seat in the National Assembly. This was AZAPO's first participation in elections since South Africa entered into a democratic dispensation in 1994, as the organisation had boycotted South Africa's first democratic elections.

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01SAPA., (2014), 'Agang SA, Azapo, UDM submit candidate lists', from Timeslive, 12 March, [online], Available at www.timeslive.co.za [Accessed: 09 June 2014]
02AZAPO., (1994), 'The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) boycotts the first democratic general election in South Africa', from South African history online, 27 April, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 09 June 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). AZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013439

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South African History Online. "AZAPO’s first contest in SA democratic elections." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013439.