The South African general elections: 1999
… 15 million registered voters, and it was contested by only 16 political parties: African National Congress (ANC), … 18 177 000, the total number of votes (voter turnout) was 16 228 462, the number of invalid or blank votes was 251 320, … majority to rewrite parts of the Constitution. On 16 June 1999, Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as President of the …