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Eastern Cape Province

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,922,154 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     13,248

Total Valid Votes

2,908,906

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (56)
African National Congress (ANC) 2,453,790 84.35% 48
National Party (NP) 286,029 9.83% 6
Democratic Party (DP) 59,644 2.05% 1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 59,475 2.04% 1
Others 49,968 1.72% -
 
Eastern Transvaal Province*

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,338,699 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     12,631

Total Valid Votes

1,326,068

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,070,052 80.69% 25
National Party (NP) 119,311 9.00% 3
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 75,120 5.66% 2
Others 61,585 4.64% -
 
KwaZulu-Natal Province

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

3,703,693 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     39,369

Total Valid Votes

3,664,324

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (81)
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 1,844,070 50.32% 41
African National Congress (ANC) 1,181,118 32.23% 26
National Party (NP) 410,710 11.21% 9
Democratic Party (DP) 78,910 2.15% 2
Minority Front (MF) 48,951 1.34% 1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 26,601 0.73% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 24,690 0.67% 1
Others 49,274 1.35% -
 
Northern Cape Province

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

407,306 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

    3,534

Total Valid Votes

403,772

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 200,839 49.74% 15
National Party (NP) 163,452 40.48% 12
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 24,117 5.97% 2
Democratic Party (DP) 7,567 1.87% 1
Others 7,797 1.93% -
 
Northern Transvaal Province*

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,933,962 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     13,702

Total Valid Votes

1,920,260

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (40)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,759,597 91.63% 38
National Party (NP) 62,745 3.27% 1
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 41,193 2.15% 1
Others 56,725 2.96% -
 
North West Province

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,591,116 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     18,974

Total Valid Votes

1,572,142

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,310,080 83.33% 26
National Party (NP) 138,986 8.84% 3
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 72,821 4.63% 1
Others 50,255 3.19% -
 
Orange Free State Province*

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,364,552 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     10,286

Total Valid Votes

1,354,266

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,037,998 76.65% 24
National Party (NP) 170,452 12.59% 4
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 81,662 6.03% 2
Others 64,154 4.75% -
 
Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging Province*

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

4,223,633 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     25,383

Total Valid Votes

4,198,250

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (86)
African National Congress (ANC) 2,418,257 57.60% 50
National Party (NP) 1,002,540 23.88% 21
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 258,935 6.17% 5
Democratic Party (DP) 223,548 5.32% 5
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 153,567 3.66% 3
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 61,512 1.47% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 25,542 0.61% 1
Others 54,349 1.30% -
 
Western Cape Province

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,148,456 (N/A)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     10,714

Total Valid Votes

2,137,742

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (42)
National Party (NP) 1,138,242 53.25% 23
African National Congress (ANC) 705,576 33.01% 14
Democratic Party (DP) 141,970 6.64% 3
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 44,003 2.06% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 25,731 1.20% 1
Others 82,220 3.84% -
 
 
*After the 1994 elections, the names of four provinces were changed:
--Eastern Transvaal Province became Mpumalanga Province
--Northern Transvaal Province became Northern Province
--Orange Free State became Free State Province
--Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging Province became Gauteng Province
 
 
 
 
 
 

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