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26-29 April 1994 Provincial Elections in South Africa
 
 
 
 
Eastern Cape Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         2,922,154 [Voter Turnout: 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%

06

Democratic Party (DP)

59,644

2.05%

01

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)

59,475

2.04%

01

Others

49,968

1.72%

-

 
Eastern Transvaal Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         1,338,699 [Voter Turnout: 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%

03

Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF)

75,120

5.66%

02

Others

61,585

4.64%

-

 
KwaZulu-Natal Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         3,703,693 [Voter Turnout: 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%

09

Democratic Party (DP)

78,910

2.15%

02

Minority Front (MF)

48,951

1.34%

01

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)

26,601

0.73%

01

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

24,690

0.67%

01

Others

49,274

1.35%

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Northern Cape Province
Registered Voters       N/A
Total Votes         407,306 [Voter Turnout: 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%

02

Democratic Party

7,567

1.87%

01

Others

7,797

1.93%

-

 
Northern Transvaal Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         1,933,962 [Voter Turnout: 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%

01

Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF)

41,193

2.15%

01

Others

56,725

2.96%

-

 
North West Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         1,591,116 [Voter Turnout: 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%

03

Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF)

72,821

4.63%

01

Others

50,255

3.19%

-

 
Orange Free State Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         1,364,552 [Voter Turnout: 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%

04

Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF)

81,662

6.03%

02

Others

64,154

4.75%

-

 
Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         4,223,633 [Voter Turnout: 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%

05

Democratic Party (DP)

223,548

5.32%

05

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

153,567

3.66%

03

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)

61,512

1.47%

01

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

25,542

0.61%

01

Others

54,349

1.30%

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Western Cape Province
Registered Voters         N/A
Total Votes         2,148,456 [Voter Turnout: 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%

03

Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF)

44,003

2.06%

01

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

25,731

1.20%

01

Others

82,220

3.84%

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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