Ciskei National Independence Party Explained

The Ciskei National Independence Party (CNIP) was a political party in the nominally independent South African homeland of Ciskei. It was founded and led by Lennox Sebe.^[1] The party advocated cooperation with the South African government. The party governed Ciskei from 1973 until the 1990 coup d'état by Oupa Gqozo.

Electoral history

• 1978: CNIP won all 50 elected seats (a further 87 seats were filled by chiefs appointed ex-officio by the government)^[2]
• 1984: CNIP was deemed to won the election unopposed, as its 23 candidates were the only ones to register^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lennox Sebe | South African History Online.
2. http://africanelections.tripod.com/za_homelands.html Elections in South Africa's Apartheid-Era Homelands "Bantustans"