page_title: List of members of the 6th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
hierarchical_section_title: List of members of the 6th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
caption_attribution_description: English: The KwaZulu-Natal Parliament building in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
context_page_description: Since May 2019, the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, official legislature of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, has consisted of 80 members from 8 different political parties, elected on 8 May 2019 in the 2019 South African general election. The ruling African National Congress retained its majority in the legislature by earning a total of 44 seats, a loss of eight seats from the previous legislature. The Inkatha Freedom Party regained the title of official opposition, after it lost it to the Democratic Alliance in the 2014 general election. The DA now holds 11 seats, one more than it held in the previous legislative session, and is the third largest party. The Economic Freedom Fighters occupy 8 seats, a gain of six from the previous election. Four political parties, including the National Freedom Party, Minority Front, African Transformation Movement and African Christian Democratic Party, each hold one seat.
  Members of the Provincial Legislature are elected through a system of party-list proportional representation with closed lists.
context_section_description: Since May 2019, the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, official legislature of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, has consisted of 80 members from 8 different political parties, elected on 8 May 2019 in the 2019 South African general election. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority in the legislature by earning a total of 44 seats, a loss of eight seats from the previous legislature. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) (13 seats) regained the title of official opposition, after it lost it to the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the 2014 general election. The DA now holds 11 seats, one more than it held in the previous legislative session, and is the third largest party. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) occupy 8 seats, a gain of six from the previous election. Four political parties, including the National Freedom Party (NFP), Minority Front (MF), African Transformation Movement (ATM) and African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), each hold one seat.
  Members of the Provincial Legislature (MPLs) are elected through a system of party-list proportional representation with closed lists. This means that each voter casts a vote for one political party, and seats in the legislature are assigned to the parties in proportion to the number of votes they received. The seats are then filled by members by lists acceded by the parties before the election.
  Members of the 6th Provincial Legislature took office on 22 May 2019. During the first sitting, Ntobeka Boyce was elected the new Speaker with Mluleki Ndobe as the new Deputy Speaker, while Sihle Zikalala was elected Premier. They are all members of the ANC. Velenkosini Hlabisa of the IFP assumed the role of Leader of the Opposition.
caption: KwaZulu-Natal Parliament Building
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