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2 June 1999 Provincial Legislature Elections in South Africa
Election Results
 
 
Eastern Cape Province

Registered Voters

2,454,543

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,207,735 (89.9%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     30,469

Total Valid Votes

2,177,266

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (63)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,606,856 73.80% 47
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 296,015 13.60% 9
Democratic Party (DP) 136,859 6.29% 4
New National Party (NNP) 70,141 3.22% 2
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 24,837 1.14% 1
Others 42,558 1.95% -
 
Free State Province

Registered Voters

1,225,730

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,107,851 (90.4%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     16,943

Total Valid Votes

1,090,908

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 881,381 80.79% 25
Democratic Party (DP) 58,163 5.33% 2
New National Party (NNP) 56,740 5.20% 2
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 22,996 2.11% 1
Others 71,628 6.56% -
 
Gauteng Province

Registered Voters

4,154,087

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

3,707,595 (89.3%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     40,843

Total Valid Votes

3,666,752

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (73)
African National Congress (ANC) 2,488,780 67.87% 50
Democratic Party (DP) 658,236 17.95% 13
New National Party (NNP) 142,579 3.89% 3
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 128,807 3.51% 3
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 71,630 1.95% 1
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 45,750 1.25% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 42,621 1.16% 1
Federal Alliance (FA) 32,494 0.89% 1
Others 55,855 1.52% -
 
KwaZulu-Natal Province

Registered Voters

3,443,978

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

3,009,499 (87.4%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     46,141

Total Valid Votes

2,963,358

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (80)
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 1,241,522 41.90% 34
African National Congress (ANC) 1,167,094 39.38% 32
Democratic Party (DP) 241,779 8.16% 7
New National Party (NNP) 97,077 3.28% 3
Minority Front (MF) 86,770 2.93% 2
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 53,745 1.81% 1
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 34,586 1.17% 1
Others 40,785 1.39% -
 
Mpumalanga Province

Registered Voters

1,277,783

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,147,086 (89.8%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     21,502

Total Valid Votes

1,125,584

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 954,788 84.83% 26
Democratic Party (DP) 50,421 4.48% 1
New National Party (NNP) 27,909 2.48% 1
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 19,170 1.70% 1
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 16,013 1.42% 1
Others 57,283 5.09% -
 
Northern Province*

Registered Voters

1,847,766

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,683,831 (91.1%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     25,137

Total Valid Votes

1,658,694

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (49)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,464,432 88.29% 44
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 41,700 2.51% 1
New National Party (NNP) 28,159 1.70% 1
Democratic Party (DP) 23,486 1.42% 1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) 23,325 1.41% 1
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 18,281 1.10% 1
Others 59,311 3.58% -
* In 2002, Northern Province became Limpopo Province
 
Northern Cape Province

Registered Voters

377,173

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

332,669 (88.2%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

    4,897

Total Valid Votes

327,772

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (30)
African National Congress (ANC) 210,837 64.32% 20
New National Party (NNP) 79,214 24.17% 8
Democratic Party (DP) 15,632 4.77% 1
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 5,446 1.66% 1
Others 16,643 5.09% -
 
North West Province

Registered Voters

1,527,672

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,327,163 (86.9%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     21,722

Total Valid Votes

1,305,441

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (33)
African National Congress (ANC) 1,030,901 78.97% 27
United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) 124,874 9.57% 3
Democratic Party (DP) 42,593 3.26% 1
New National Party (NNP) 29,931 2.29% 1
Vryheidsfront/Freedom Front (VF/FF) 17,964 1.38% 1
Others 59,178 4.55% -
 
Western Cape Province

Registered Voters

1,864,019

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,601,477 (85.9%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     13,499

Total Valid Votes

1,587,978

Party Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Seats (42)
African National Congress (ANC) 668,106 42.07% 18
New National Party (NNP) 609,612 38.39% 17
Democratic Party (DP) 189,183 11.91% 5
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) 44,323 2.79% 1
United Democratic Movement (UDM) 38,071 2.40% 1
Others 38,683 2.43% -
 
 
 
 
 

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