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,Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003 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
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|293 | +4 |297
|47 | 0 |47
|23 | 0 |23
|6 | 0 |6
|5 | −1 |4
|4 | 0 |4
|4 | 0 |4 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|National Democratic Convention |4 | 0 |4
|3 | 0 |3
|2 | 0 |2 |- |Party created during this floor-crossing period. | | +2 |2
|3 | −2 |1
|1 | 0 |1 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|Federation of Democrats |1 | 0 |1 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|National Alliance | | +1 |1
|2 | −2 |0 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|Progressive Independent Movement |1 | −1 |0 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|United Party |1 | −1 |0 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|400
Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|51 | +2 |53
|5 | 0 |5
|4 | 0 |4
| +1 |1
|2 | −2 |0
|1 | −1 |0 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|63
Gauteng Provincial Legislature
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|51 | 0 |51
|12 | +1 |13
|2 | 0 |2
|1 | +1 |2
|1 | +1 |2
|1 | 0 |1 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|Alliance of Free Democrats |1 | 0 |1
| +1 |1 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|Federal Alliance |2 | −2 |0
|1 | −1 |0
|1 | −1 |0 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|73
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|40 | +1 |41
|27 | 0 |27
|5 | 0 |5 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|National Democratic Convention |4 | −1 |3
|2 | 0 |2
|1 | 0 |1
|1 | 0 |1 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|80
Limpopo Provincial Legislature
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|45 | +1 |46
|2 | −1 |1
|1 | 0 |1
|1 | 0 |1 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|49
Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|24 | +1 |25
|3 | −1 |2
|1 | 0 |1
|1 | 0 |1
|1 | 0 |1 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|30
Western Cape Provincial Parliament
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !Seats before !Net change !Seats after
|24 | +3 |27
|13 | −2 |11
|2 | 0 |2
|2 | −1 |1
|1 | 0 |1 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Total !colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|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:
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Party !style="text-align:left"|Delegate type !EC !FS !G !KZN !L !M !NW !NC !WC !colspan=2|Total |- | style="width: 4px" bgcolor= rowspan=2| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" rowspan=2 | |style="text-align:left"|Permanent |4 |4 |4 |3 |5 |5 |4 |4 |3 |36 |rowspan=2|68 |- |style="text-align:left"|Special |4 |4 |3 |2 |4 |4 |4 |4 |3 |32 |- | style="width: 4px" bgcolor= rowspan=2| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" rowspan=2 | |style="text-align:left"|Permanent |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |2 |10 |rowspan=2|12 |- |style="text-align:left"|Special
|1
|1 |2 |- | style="width: 4px" bgcolor= rowspan=2| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" rowspan=2 | |style="text-align:left"|Permanent
|1 |2
|3 |rowspan=2|4 |- |style="text-align:left"|Special
|1
|1
|style="text-align:left"|Permanent
|1 |colspan=2|1
|style="text-align:left"|Permanent
|1 | |colspan=2|1
|style="text-align:left"|Permanent | |1
|colspan=2|1
|style="text-align:left"|Permanent
|1
|colspan=2|1
|style="text-align:left"|Permanent |1
|colspan=2|1 |- |bgcolor="#eeeeee"| |style="text-align:left"|National Democratic Convention |style="text-align:left"|Special
|1
|colspan=2|1 |-style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="3" style="text-align:left"|Total !10 !10 !10 !10 !10 !10 !10 !10 !10 !colspan=2|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
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