Free State (National Assembly of South Africa constituency)

Free State
Freistata
Constituency
for the National Assembly of South Africa
Outline map
Location of Free State within South Africa
ProvinceFree State
Population2,928,903 (2020)[1]
Electorate1,462,508 (2019)
Current constituency
Created1994
Seats
List
  • 11 (2014–present)
  • 12 (2009–2014)
  • 13 (2004–2009)
  • 14 (–2004)
Members of the National Assembly[2]
List

Free State (Sotho: Freistata) 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 as Orange Free State in 1994 when the National Assembly was established by the Interim Constitution following the end of Apartheid. It was renamed Free State in 1999. It is conterminous with the province of Free State. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 1,462,508 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.