Eastern Cape ( xh, iMpuma-Kapa) is one of the nine

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of the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, the national

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. The constituency was established in 1994 when the National Assembly was established by the Interim Constitution following the

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. It is conterminous with the

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of Eastern Cape. The constituency currently elects 25 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed

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. At the 2019 general election it had 3,363,161 registered electors.

Electoral system

Eastern Cape currently elects 25 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed

. Constituency seats are allocated using the

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with a Droop quota.

Election results

Summary

Detailed

2019

Results of the 2019 general election held on 8 May 2019: The following candidates were elected: Ndumiso Capa (ANC), Mary-Ann Dunjwa (ANC), Pumza Dyantyi (ANC), Zukisa Cheryl Faku (ANC),

Cedric Frolick Cedric Thomas Frolick (born 20 January 1967), is the current House Chairperson: Committees, Oversight and ICT in the National Assembly of Parliament for the Republic of South Africa. A teacher, politician, anti-apartheid activist. He retired from ...

(ANC), Lennox Gaehler (UDM), Nqabisa Gantsho (ANC), Samantha Graham (DA), Chantel King (DA), Tozama Mantashe (ANC),

Nthako Matiase Nthako Sam Matiase is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters. Political career A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, Matiase entered the National Assembly In politics, ...

(EFF),

Veronica Mente Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente is a South African politician serving as the Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) since her election in December 2019. She is also a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa, having taken office in ...

(EFF),

Zola Mlenzana Zola Mlenzana is a South African politician. A former member of the Congress of the People, he was elected as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Eastern Cape in 2009. In 2014 he resigned from COPE and rejoined t ...

(ANC),

Gcinikhaya Mpumza Gordon Gcinikhaya Mpumza is a South African politician for the African National Congress. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 2019. Mpumza had previously served as the Executive Mayor and as the Municipal Manager of the Alfred Nzo ...

(ANC), Queenie Mvana (ANC), Baxolile Nodada (DA), Mncedisi Nontsele (ANC), Xola Nqola (ANC), Nolitha Ntobongwana (ANC), Zamuxolo Peter (ANC), Sakhumzi Somyo (ANC), Annette Steyn (DA), Sisi Tolashe (ANC), Busisiwe Tshwete (ANC) and Sheilla Xego (ANC).

2014

Results of the 2014 general election held on 7 May 2014: The following candidates were elected: Nqaba Bhanga (DA), Fezile Bhengu (ANC), Ndumiso Capa (ANC),

Yusuf Cassim Yusuf Cassim is a South African Democratic Alliance politician, a Member of Parliament (MP) and the Federal Leader of the DA's Student Organisation (DASO) and a former interim Leader of the DA Youth, who took over the position when Mbali Ntuli ...

(DA), Mary-Ann Dunjwa (ANC), Zukisa Faku (ANC), Malcolm Figg (DA), Mncedisi Filtane (UDM),

(ANC), Lennox Bogen Gaehler (UDM),

Mcebisi Jonas Mcebisi Hubert Jonas (born 1960) is a former Deputy Finance Minister of the Government of South Africa who served from 2014 to 2016. He has also been a Member of the Executive Council for Economic Development and Environmental Affairs in the Ea ...

(ANC), Tandiwe Elizabeth Kenye (ANC), Fezeka Loliwe (ANC),

Annette Lovemore Annette Lovemore is a South African politician for the Democratic Alliance (DA), and the mayoral committee member (MMC) of infrastructure and engineering in the Nelson Mandela Bay coalition government that took office in 2016. She previously s ...

(DA), Zukile Luyenge (ANC), Hope Helene Malgas (ANC), Tozama Mantashe (ANC), Asanda Matshobeni (EFF), Humphrey Maxegwana (ANC), Pumzile Justice Mnguni (ANC),

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams (born 30 June 1978) is a South African politician and the Minister of Small Business Development in the cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa. She previously served as Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies and ...

(ANC), Nokuzola Ndongeni (ANC), Bonisile Nesi (ANC), Imamile Aubin Pikinini (ANC), Daphne Zukiswa Rantho (ANC) and Sheilla Xego-Sovita (ANC).

2009

Results of the 2009 general election held on 22 April 2009: The following candidates were elected: Mary-Ann Dunjwa (ANC), Ben Fihla (ANC),

(ANC), Lennox Gaehler (UDM), Nonkululeko Prudence Gcume (COPE), Monwabisi Bevan Goqwana (ANC), Tandiwe Elizabeth Kenye (ANC), Donald Lee (DA),

(DA), Zukile Luyenge (ANC), Hope Helene Malgas (ANC),

Mandla Mandela Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela, MP (born 21 June 1974) is the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He graduated from Rhodes University with a degree in Politics in 2007. Succession to the chieftaincy ...

(ANC), Joel Mntwabantu Matshoba (ANC), Nomakhaya Mdaka (ANC), Vatiswa Mugwanya (ANC), Stella Ndabeni (ANC), Mlindi Advent Nhanha (COPE), Makho Njobe (COPE), Gugile Ernest Nkwinti (ANC), Stone Sizani (ANC), Grant Trevor Snell (ANC), Litho Suka (ANC),

Athol Trollip Roland Athol Price Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape. He was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from ...

(DA),

Pam Tshwete Pamela Tshwete (born 3 October 1961) is a politician, member of the African National Congress and current the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation in South Africa. She is a widow of Steve Tshwete. She was first elected in 2002. See also *Afri ...

(ANC), Ntombikayise Twala (ANC) and

Tokozile Xasa Tokozile Xasa (born 28 April 1965) is a South African politician, replaced as Minister of Tourism of South Africa by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his cabinet re-shuffle on 26 February 2018. Under Xasa's watch SA Tourism, an entity under the De ...

(ANC).

2004

Results of the 2004 general election held on 14 April 2004: The following candidates were elected: Fezile Bhengu (ANC), Jackson Bici (UDM), Ntombazana Botha (ANC), Judy Chalmers (ANC), Geoff Doidge (ANC),

Stuart Farrow Stuart Farrow is a South African politician, the former Shadow Minister of Transport, and a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). He is also one of the party's parliamentary whips. Background Farrow was born in Umta ...

(DA), Ben Fihla (ANC),

(ANC),

Mluleki George Mluleki Editor George (2 February 1948 – 5 January 2021) was a South African activist, politician and sports administrator. He served as a Deputy Minister of Defence from 2004 to 2008. Political career George joined the banned African Natio ...

(ANC), Mbulelo Goniwe (ANC),

John Gomomo Phumzile John Gomomo (25 October 1945 – 22 January 2008) was South African Unionist and activist. Background and career Phumzile John Gomomo was born on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October 1945, one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnz ...

(ANC),

Lindiwe Hendricks Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks (born 29 July 1957 in Vryburg, Northern Cape) is a South African politician and a member of the National Assembly. She has served as Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs in the Department of Water Affairs a ...

(ANC), Patekile Holomisa (ANC), Lulu Johnson (ANC), James Kati (ANC), Ncumisa Kondlo (ANC), Ivy Ludwabe (ANC), Nomhle Mahlawe (ANC), Mziwandile Masala (ANC), Shepherd Mayatula (ANC), Nomakhaya Mdaka (UDM), Makho Njobe (ANC), Robert Nogumla (ANC), Manie Schoeman (ANC), Sylvia Sigcau (UDM), Buyelwa Sonjica (ANC), Eddie Trent (DA) and

(ANC).

1999

Results of the 1999 general election held on 2 June 1999:

1994

Results of the 1994 general election held on between 26 and 29 April 1994:

References

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