Eastern Cape (National Assembly of South Africa constituency)

Eastern Cape
iMpuma-Kapa
Constituency
for the National Assembly of South Africa
Outline map
Location of Eastern Cape within South Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Population6,734,001 (2020)[1]
Electorate3,363,161 (2019)
Current constituency
Created1994
Seats
List
  • 25 (2019–present)
  • 26 (2009–2019)
  • 28 (2004–2009)
  • 27 (–2004)
Members of the National Assembly[2]
List

Eastern Cape (Xhosa: iMpuma-Kapa) is one of the nine multi-member constituencies of the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, the national legislature of South Africa. The constituency was established in 1994 when the National Assembly was established by the Interim Constitution following the end of Apartheid. It is conterminous with the province of Eastern Cape. The constituency currently elects 25 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 3,363,161 registered electors.

  1. ^ Statistical Release P0302 - Mid-year population estimates, 2020 (PDF). Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa. July 2020. p. 23. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Our People: Members of Parliament - All Members". Cape Town, South Africa: Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 5 April 2021.