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14 April 2004 Provincial Elections in South Africa
Election Results
 
 
Eastern Cape Province
Registered Voters   2,849,486
Total Votes         2,259,903 [Voter Turnout: 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%

06

Democratic Alliance (DA)

163,785

7.34%

05

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)

22,324

1.00%

01

Others

70,454

3.16%

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Free State Province
Registered Voters   1,321,195
Total Votes         1,027,401 [Voter Turnout: 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%

03

Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF/FF)

24,946

2.47%

01

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

13,119

1.30%

01

Others

60,489

5.98%

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Gauteng Province
Registered Voters   4,650,594
Total Votes         3,452,225 [Voter Turnout: 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%

02

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

55,991

1.64%

01

Independent Democrats (ID)

51,921

1.52%

01

Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF/FF)

45,648

1.34%

01

United Democratic Movement (UDM)

33,644

0.99%

01

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)

29,076

0.85%

01

Others

67,326

1.98%

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KwaZulu-Natal Province
Registered Voters   3,819,864
Total Votes         2,782,565 [Voter Turnout: 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%

07

Minority Front (MF)

71,540

2.61%

02

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

48,892

1.78%

02

United Democratic Movement (UDM)

20,546

0.75%

01

Others

74,340

2.71%

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Limpopo Province
Registered Voters   2,187,912
Total Votes         1,636,461 [Voter Turnout: 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%

02

United Democratic Movement (UDM)

27,780

1.72%

01

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

20,418

1.26%

01

Others

68,533

4.25%

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Mpumalanga Province
Registered Voters   1,442,472
Total Votes         1,129,484 [Voter Turnout: 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%

02

Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF/FF)

13,732

1.24%

01

Others

61,405

5.52%

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Northern Cape Province
Registered Voters   433,591
Total Votes         323,894 [Voter Turnout: 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%

03

New National Party (NNP)

23,970

7.52%

02

Independent Democrats (ID)

22,485

7.06%

02

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

5,995

1.88%

01

Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF/FF)

4,948

1.55%

01

Others

6,642

2.08%

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North West Province
Registered Voters   1,749,529
Total Votes         1,321,787 [Voter Turnout: 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%

03

Democratic Alliance (DA)

64,925

5.00%

02

Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF/FF)

17,123

1.32%

01

Others

58,193

4.48%

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Western Cape Province
Registered Voters   2,220,283
Total Votes         1,582,503 [Voter Turnout: 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%

05

Independent Democrats (ID)

122,867

7.84%

03

African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

53,934

3.44%

02

United Democratic Movement (UDM)

27,489

1.75%

01

Others

58,306

3.72%

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