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Republic of South Africa 2004 General Election

The results of South Africa's third one-person, one-vote general election, held on Wednesday, April 14, 2004, are available in this space, organized by provinces. A comparison of the results of the 2004 general election versus the 1999 general election is also available here.

These statistics have been compiled from final results updated on August 5, 2004 by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Web site, where detailed local results are available.

The description of South Africa's electoral system, available here, explains the allocation of National Assembly seats in the 2004 general election.

This site also features interactive election maps as well as a lookup facility for fast access to nationwide- and provincial-level 1994, 1999 and 2004 general election results.



  Provinces
    Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
North West
Western Cape
  Election Information and Statistics

Thirty-seven political parties contested the 2004 election:

Acronym Name
ACDP African Christian Democratic Party
ADP Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity
AMP Africa Muslim Party
ANC African National Congress
AZAPO Azanian People's Organisation
BPC Black People's Convention
CDP Christian Democratic Party
CPC Cape People's Congress
DA Democratic Alliance/Demokratiese Alliansie
DPSA Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa
EFM Economic Freedom Movement
EMSA Employment Movement for South Africa
GPGP Green Party of South Africa
IAM Independent African Movement
ID Independent Democrats
IFP Inkatha Freedom Party
ILP Izwi Lethu Party
KISS Keep it Straight and Simple Party
MF Minority Front
MIP Moderate Independent Party
NA Nasionale Aksie
NLP New Labour Party
NNP Nuwe Nasionale Party/New National Party
PAC Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
PDP Peace and Development Party
PJC Peace and Justice Congress
PRO-D  Pro-Death Penalty Party
RLP Royal Loyal Progress
SOPA Socialist Party of Azania
SPP Sindawonye Progressive Party
TOP The Organisation Party
UCDP United Christian Democratic Party
UDM United Democratic Movement
UF United Front
UP Universal Party
VF Plus Vryheidsfront Plus
XP Ximoko Party

The National Common Voters' Roll, certified by the IEC on February 20, 2004, had a total of 20,674,926 voters who were entitled to participate in the election. Voter registration totals and regional seats in the National Assembly for the nine South African provinces were as follows:

   Province       Voters       Regional
Seats
  
   Eastern Cape       2,849,486       28   
   Free State       1,321,195       13   
   Gauteng       4,650,594       45   
   KwaZulu-Natal       3,819,864       37   
   Limpopo       2,187,912       21   
   Mpumalanga       1,442,472       14   
   Northern Cape       433,591       4   
   North West       1,749,529       17   
   Western Cape       2,220,283       21   
   Total       20,674,926       200   

The nationwide election totals were as follows:

           National
Assembly
      Provincial
Legislatures
  
   Registered Electors       20,674,926               20,674,926           
   Voters       15,863,558       76.73%       15,516,223       75.05%   
   Invalid (Spoilt) Votes       250,887       1.58%       213,081       1.37%   
   Valid Votes       15,612,671       98.42%       15,303,142       98.63%   

Party National
Assembly
Provincial
Legislatures
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
ACDP
ADP
AMP
ANC
AZAPO
BPC
CDP
CPC
DA
DPSA
EFM
EMSA
GPGP
IAM
ID
IFP
ILP
KISS
MF
MIP
NA
NLP
NNP
PAC
PDP
PJC
PRO-D
RLP
SOPA
SPP
TOP
UCDP
UDM
UF
UP
VF Plus
XP
250,272
 
 
10,880,915
39,116
 
17,619
 
1,931,201
 
 
10,446
 
 
269,765
1,088,664
 
6,514
55,267
 
15,804
13,318
257,824
113,512
 
15,187
 
 
14,853
 
7,531
117,792
355,717
11,889
 
139,465
 
1.60
 
 
69.69
0.25
 
0.11
 
12.37
 
 
0.07
 
 
1.73
6.97
 
0.04
0.35
 
0.10
0.09
1.65
0.73
 
0.10
 
 
0.10
 
0.05
0.75
2.28
0.08
 
0.89
 
7
 
 
279
1
 
 
 
50
 
 
 
 
 
7
28
 
 
2
 
 
 
7
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
9
 
 
4
 
242,924
9,933
11,019
10,591,064
40,321
1,236
12,753
2,352
1,846,540
9,806
1,862
 
3,317
1,546
245,277
1,119,530
4,858
 
71,540
953
13,458
10,526
275,185
110,205
3,943
6,486
1,825
3,141
12,994
5,925
 
143,515
349,504
 
735
139,282
9,587
1.59
0.06
0.07
69.21
0.26
0.01
0.08
0.02
12.07
0.06
0.01
 
0.02
0.01
1.60
7.32
0.03
 
0.47
0.01
0.09
0.07
1.80
0.72
0.03
0.04
0.01
0.02
0.08
0.04
 
0.94
2.28
 
0.00
0.91
0.06
8
 
 
304
 
 
 
 
51
 
 
 
 
 
6
32
 
 
2
 
 
 
7
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
10
 
 
5
 
Total 15,612,671 100.00 400 15,303,142 100.00 430


Last update: June 13, 2006.