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14 April 2004 Provincial Legislature Elections in South Africa
Election Results
 
 
Eastern Cape Province

Registered Voters

2,849,486

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,259,903 (79.3%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     28,360

Total Valid Votes

2,231,543

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (63)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,768,987 79.27% 51
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 205,993 9.23% 6
Democratic Alliance (DA) 163,785 7.34% 5
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 22,324 1.00% 1
Others 70,454 3.16% -
 
Free State Province

Registered Voters

1,321,195

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,027,401 (77.8%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     15,795

Total Valid Votes

1,011,606

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 827,338 81.78% 25
Democratic Alliance (DA) 85,714 8.47% 3
Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF+/FF+) 24,946 2.47% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 13,119 1.30% 1
Others 60,489 5.98% -
 
Gauteng Province

Registered Voters

4,650,594

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

3,452,225 (74.2%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     43,917

Total Valid Votes

3,408,308

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (73)
African National Congress (ANC) 2,331,121 68.40% 51
Democratic Alliance (DA) 708,081 20.78% 15
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 85,500 2.51% 2
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 55,991 1.64% 1
Independent Democrats (ID) 51,921 1.52% 1
Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF+/FF+) 45,648 1.34% 1
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 33,644 0.99% 1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 29,076 0.85% 1
Others 67,326 1.98% -
 
KwaZulu-Natal Province

Registered Voters

3,819,864

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,782,565 (72.8%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     41,300

Total Valid Votes

2,741,265

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (80)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,287,823 46.98% 38
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 1,009,267 36.82% 30
Democratic Alliance (DA) 228,857 8.35% 7
Minority Front (MF) 71,540 2.61% 2
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 48,892 1.78% 2
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 20,546 0.75% 1
Others 74,340 2.71% -
 
Limpopo Province

Registered Voters

2,187,912

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,636,461 (74.8%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     21,947

Total Valid Votes

1,614,514

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (49)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,439,853 89.18% 45
Democratic Alliance (DA) 57,930 3.59% 2
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 27,780 1.72% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 20,418 1.26% 1
Others 68,533 4.25% -
 
Mpumalanga Province

Registered Voters

1,442,472

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,129,484 (78.3%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     17,792

Total Valid Votes

1,111,692

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 959,436 86.30% 27
Democratic Alliance (DA) 77,119 6.94% 2
Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF+/FF+) 13,732 1.24% 1
Others 61,405 5.52% -
 
Northern Cape Province

Registered Voters

433,591

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

323,894 (74.7%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

    5,192

Total Valid Votes

318,702

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 219,365 68.83% 21
Democratic Alliance (DA) 35,297 11.08% 3
New National Party (NNP) 23,970 7.52% 2
Independent Democrats (ID) 22,485 7.06% 2
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 5,995 1.88% 1
Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF+/FF+) 4,948 1.55% 1
Others 6,642 2.08% -
 
North West Province

Registered Voters

1,749,529

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,321,787 (75.6%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     23,224

Total Valid Votes

1,298,563

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (33)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,048,089 80.71% 27
United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) 110,233 8.49% 3
Democratic Alliance (DA) 64,925 5.00% 2
Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF+/FF+) 17,123 1.32% 1
Others 58,193 4.48% -
 
Western Cape Province

Registered Voters

2,220,283

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,582,503 (71.3%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     15,554

Total Valid Votes

1,566,949

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (42)
African National Congress (ANC) 709,052 45.25% 19
Democratic Alliance (DA) 424,832 27.11% 12
New National Party (NNP) 170,469 10.88% 5
Independent Democrats (ID) 122,867 7.84% 3
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 53,934 3.44% 2
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 27,489 1.75% 1
Others 58,306 3.72% -
 
 
 
 
 

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