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before any one member could cross. That meant that if ANC MP in the National Assembly who wanted to cross the floor would need to rely on 30 colleagues to do the same because the ANC had 293 MPs in the National Assembly. It was far easier for public representatives of small parties to cross the floor since they needed to collude with fewer of their colleagues. If there were fewer than ten members in a caucus, the ten percent clause effectively allowed each member to cross the floor unilaterally.
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The system was the source of much controversy, with many commentators arguing that it disenfranchised voters, by effectively allowing politicians to 'reallocate' votes as they saw fit. Other critics of floor crossing also argued that it lent itself to bribery and corruption. The official opposition,
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because it robs the political system of all honour, holding political parties hostage by rendering them unable to discipline their own members. It allows the emergence of careerists, self-serving politicians, which are a very strange breed because they do not honour the sanctity of the vote cast in
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Generally speaking, the ruling ANC benefited the most from the system, but other parties also managed to gain seats from it. The ANC and other large parties benefited the most from floor crossing because of a clause in the legislation that required ten percent of a party's caucus to cross the floor
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and other legislation passed by Parliament. The amendments removed clauses requiring members of the National Assembly to give up their seats if they changed parties. According to the void amendments, floor crossing was permitted only twice in an electoral term, during the second and fourth years
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in November 2001 as a means of formalising their unification into the Democratic Alliance. The African National Congress, which held the power in the legislature to change the constitution, then did not favour the measure, as it perceived the DA initiative to be a "congealing of a race and class
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and are nominated by political parties on a closed party list before general elections. Voters thus vote for a political party, rather than for an individual MP. However, floor crossing allowed MPs to change parties, with the possible result that the composition of the elected bodies no longer
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the Democratic Alliance, has pointed out that during the 2002 floor crossing window period in Cape Town, 87% of National Party Councillors that crossed to the ANC were appointed to a position with a better salary.
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based political opposition." However, when the NNP leadership announced its desire to leave the DA and to form alliances with the ANC in 2001, the ANC passed the legislation. The chairman of the ANC,
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The bill was passed by Parliament, and floor crossing was subsequently abolished when President
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Floor crossing was particularly controversial since South African MPs are elected by
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Legislation under which politicians could change parties in South Africa
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Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (24 August 2002).
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Five parties were created by floor crossing in 2003, including the
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Government Gazette, Republic of South Africa (9 January 2009).
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assented to the constitutional amendment on 6 January 2009.
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Floor crossing was originally enabled by amendments to the
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Floor crossing legislation was initially requested by the
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Floor crossing was controversial because since 1994,
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Index

South African
Parliament
Floor crossing
elections in South Africa
party-list proportional representation
Democratic Party
New National Party
Mosiuoa Lekota
Constitution of South Africa
general elections
United Democratic Movement
Kgalema Motlanthe
2005
2007
African National Congress
Democratic Alliance
New National Party
Sport Party
Inkatha Freedom Party
Phumelela Ratepayers Association
Potchefstroom Inwonersvereniging
Breedevallei Onafhanklik
Universal Party
Independent Democrats
New Labour Party
National Democratic Convention
Progressive Independent Movement
proportional representation
South African Press Association
Inkatha Freedom Party

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