| 25th South African Parliament | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Jurisdiction | South Africa | ||||
| Meeting place | Cape Town | ||||
| Term | 6 May 2009 – 21 May 2014 | ||||
| National Assembly of South Africa | |||||
 Composition of the National Assembly | |||||
| Members | 400 | ||||
| Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa | Max Sisulu | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Athol Trollip (until 27 October 2011) Lindiwe Mazibuko (from 27 October 2011) | ||||
| National Council of Provinces | |||||
 Composition of the National Council of Provinces | |||||
| Members | 90 | ||||
| Chairperson | M.J. Mahlangu | ||||
| Deputy Chairperson | Thandi Memela | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Watty Watson | ||||
| Terms of the Parliament of South Africa |
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The 25th South African Parliament was the fourth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 22 April 2009, and first met on 6 May of that year to elect Jacob Zuma as the fourth President of South Africa. It was formally opened by the newly elected President's State of the Nation address in a joint sitting on 3 June 2009.[1] The ANC retained its majority, although it was reduced to 264 seats out of 400 (66%) in the National Assembly, while the Democratic Alliance increased its lead of the opposition, taking 67 seats (16.75%). The Speaker of the National Assembly was Max Sisulu of the ANC and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces was M. J. Mahlangu, also of the ANC.
| Party | Delegate type | Province | Total | ||||||||||
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| EC | FS | G | KZN | L | M | NW | NC | WC | |||||
| African National Congress | Permanent | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 62 | |
| Special | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | |||
| Democratic Alliance | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Special | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Congress of the People | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Special | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Independent Democrats | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Special | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | Permanent | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Special | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Freedom Front Plus | Special | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| United Christian Democratic Party | Special | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| United Democratic Movement | Special | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 90 | |||
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