<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994 . The elections were the first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take part, and were therefore also the first held with universal adult suffrage . The election was conducted under the direction of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), and marked the culmination of the four - year process that ended apartheid . </P> <P> Millions queued in lines over a four - day voting period . Altogether 19,726,579 votes were counted and 193,081 were rejected as invalid . As widely expected, the African National Congress (ANC), whose slate incorporated the labour confederation COSATU and the South African Communist Party, won a sweeping victory, taking 62 percent of the vote, just short of the two - thirds majority required to unilaterally amend the Interim Constitution . As required by that document, the ANC formed a Government of National Unity with the National Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party, the two other parties that won more than 20 seats in the National Assembly . The new National Assembly's first act was to elect Nelson Mandela as President, making him the country's first black chief executive . </P> <P> The date 27 April is now a public holiday in South Africa, Freedom Day . </P>

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