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This paper presents a simulation of participation and party support patterns for a hypothetical election in March 1999. The simulation is distinctive in two ways. Second, by integrating official voter registration figures with election survey data, it estimates participation and party support patterns for the registered electorate. Because no parties are likely to suffer from unusually low participation rates among their supporters, the election results can be expected to closely approximate the party preferences of the South African population as a whole. Vote shares do not add to 100 due to rounding.