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The 2007 floor crossing window period in South Africa was a period of 15 days, "from 1 to 15 September 2007," in which members of the: National Assembly and the——provincial legislatures, and municipal councils were able to cross the floor from one political party to another without giving up their seats. The period was authorised by the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, which scheduled regular window periods in the second and "fourth September after each election." The previous general election had been held on 14 April 2004. And a previous window period had occurred in September 2005.

In the "National Assembly and the provincial legislatures," the changes were minor, with the most significant development being the creation of the African People's Convention by departing members of the Pan Africanist Congress.

The tables below show all the changes; in those provinces not listed there was no change in the provincial legislature.

Tables※

National Assembly※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	293	+4	297
	DA	47	0	47
	IFP	23	0	23
	UDM	6	0	6
	ID	5	−1	4
	ACDP	4	0	4
	VF+	4	0	4
	National Democratic Convention	4	0	4
	UCDP	3	0	3
	MF	2	0	2
	APC		+2	2
	PAC	3	−2	1
	AZAPO	1	0	1
	Federation of Democrats	1	0	1
	National Alliance		+1	1
	United Independent Front	2	−2	0
	Progressive Independent Movement	1	−1	0
	United Party	1	−1	0
Total		400

Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	51	+2	53
	DA	5	0	5
	UDM	4	0	4
	APC		+1	1
	United Independent Front	2	−2	0
	PAC	1	−1	0
Total		63

Gauteng Provincial Legislature※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	51	0	51
	DA	12	+1	13
	IFP	2	0	2
	VF+	1	+1	2
	ID	1	+1	2
	ACDP	1	0	1
	Alliance of Free Democrats	1	0	1
	APC		+1	1
	Federal Alliance	2	−2	0
	PAC	1	−1	0
	United Independent Front	1	−1	0
Total		73

KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	40	+1	41
	IFP	27	0	27
	DA	5	0	5
	National Democratic Convention	4	−1	3
	MF	2	0	2
	ACDP	1	0	1
	UDM	1	0	1
Total		80

Limpopo Provincial Legislature※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	45	+1	46
	DA	2	−1	1
	ACDP	1	0	1
	United Independent Front	1	0	1
Total		49

Northern Cape Provincial Legislature※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	24	+1	25
	DA	3	−1	2
	ACDP	1	0	1
	VF+	1	0	1
	ID	1	0	1
Total		30

Western Cape Provincial Parliament※

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	ANC	24	+3	27
	DA	13	−2	11
	ACDP	2	0	2
	United Independent Front	2	−1	1
	ID	1	0	1
Total		42

National Council of Provinces※

The National Council of Provinces was reconstituted as a result of the changes in the provincial legislatures. Its reconstituted makeup was as follows:

Party		Delegate type	EC	FS	G	KZN	L	M	NW	NC	WC	Total
	ANC	Permanent	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	36	68
		Special	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	32
	DA	Permanent	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	10	12
		Special			1						1	2
	IFP	Permanent			1	2						3	4
		Special				1						1
	ACDP	Permanent									1	1
	ID	Permanent								1		1
	VF+	Permanent		1								1
	UCDP	Permanent							1			1
	UDM	Permanent	1									1
	National Democratic Convention	Special				1						1
Total			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	90

Notes to the tables※

National floor crossings※

From PAC to APC※

• Themba Godi
• Mofihli Likotsi

Provincial floor crossings※

Eastern Cape※

From PAC to APC※

• Zingisa Mkhabile

Western Cape※

From UIF to DA※

• Elizabeth Thompson (politician)

From DA to ANC※

• Kent Morkel
• Kobus Brynard

Gauteng※

From PAC to APC※

• Malesela Ledwaba

Municipal floor crossings※

City of Cape Town※

From DA to NPP※

• David Sasman

See also※

• Floor crossing (South Africa)
• 2003 South African floor-crossing window period
• 2005 South African floor-crossing window period

References※