REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 APRIL 2009 ================================================================================ Elections to the National Assembly Source: Independent Election Commission website NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================================ Registered voters: 23,181,998 Total votes cast: 17,919,966 77.3 Invalid votes: 239,237 01.3 Valid votes: 17,680,729 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 142,658 00.8 -00.8 3 -03 African National Congress 11,650,748 65.9 -03.8 264 -14 African People's Convention 35,867 00.2 1 +01 Azanian Peoples Organisation 38,245 00.2 -00.1 1 -01 Congress of the People 1,311,027 07.4 30 +30 Democratic Alliance 2,945,829 16.7 +04.3 67 +17 Freedom Front Plus 146,796 00.8 -00.1 4 00 Independent Democrats 162,915 00.9 -00.8 4 -03 Inkatha Freedom Party 804,260 04.6 -02.6 18 -10 Minority Front 43,474 00.3 00.0 1 -01 Pan Africanist Congress 48,530 00.3 -00.4 1 -02 United Christian Democratic Party 66,086 00.4 -00.3 2 -01 United Democratic Movement 149,680 00.9 -01.4 4 -05 Others 134,614 00.8 - -08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,680,729 400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 400 members of the National Assembly are elected by a two-tier system of proportional representation. 200 members are elected by from party lists at a national level. The other 200 members are elected from party lists at the provincial level. The allocation of seats is shown in this table Party EC FS Gau KZN Lim Mpu NW NC WC Nat Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACDC - - - - - - - - - 3 3 ANC 19 9 31 26 17 14 11 3 8 126 264 APC - - - - - - - - - 1 1 APO - - - - - - - - - 1 1 COPE 3 1 4 1 1 - 1 1 2 16 30 DA 3 2 10 4 1 1 1 1 12 32 67 FFP - - 1 - - - - - - 3 4 ID - - - - - - - - 1 3 4 IFP - - 1 8 - - - - - 9 18 MF - - - - - - - - - 1 1 PAC - - - - - - - - - 1 1 UCDP - - - - - - 1 - - 1 2 UDM 1 - - - - - - - - 3 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26 12 47 39 19 15 14 5 23 200 400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EC: Eastern Cape Mpu: Mpumulanga FS: Free State NW: North West Gau: Gauteng NC: Northern Cape KZN: KwaZulu Natal WC: Western Cape Lim: Limpopo VOTES AND SEATS BY PROVINCE ================================================================================ These tables show the allocation of the 200 seats elected at provincial level. EASTERN CAPE ================================================================================ Registered voters: 3,056,559 Total votes cast: 2,344,098 76.7 Invalid votes: 34,455 01.5 Valid votes: 2,309,643 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 13,750 00.6 -00.2 - African National Congress 1,609,926 69.7 -09.6 19 African People's Convention 6,029 00.3 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 4,614 00.2 00.0 - Congress of the People 307,437 13.3 3 Democratic Alliance 230,187 10.0 +02.8 3 Freedom Front Plus 5,490 00.2 -00.1 - Independent Democrats 10,502 00.5 -00.3 - Inkatha Freedom Party 2,080 00.1 -00.1 - Minority Front 598 00.0 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 11,925 00.5 -00.5 - United Christian Democratic Party 1,652 00.1 00.0 - United Democratic Movement 91,227 04.0 -04.9 1 Others 14,226 00.6 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,309,643 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE STATE ================================================================================ Registered voters: 1,388,588 Total votes cast: 1,069,127 77.0 Invalid votes: 17,269 01.6 Valid votes: 1,051,858 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 3,095 00.3 -01.0 - African National Congress 756,287 71.9 -10.1 9 African People's Convention 3,091 00.3 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 3,927 00.4 +00.1 - Congress of the People 116,852 11.1 1 Democratic Alliance 127,259 12.1 +03.2 2 Freedom Front Plus 16,929 01.6 -00.5 - Independent Democrats 1,786 00.2 -00.4 - Inkatha Freedom Party 2,260 00.2 -00.2 - Minority Front 169 00.0 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 3,003 00.3 -01.0 - United Christian Democratic Party 3,095 00.3 -00.4 - United Democratic Movement 3,408 00.3 -00.7 - Others 10,697 01.0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,051,858 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAUTENG ================================================================================ Registered voters: 5,555,159 Total votes cast: 4,391,699 79.1 Invalid votes: 46,086 01.0 Valid votes: 4,345,613 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 38,738 00.9 -00.7 - African National Congress 2,814,277 64.8 -03.9 31 African People's Convention 6,461 00.2 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 9,037 00.2 00.0 - Congress of the People 337,931 07.8 4 Democratic Alliance 924,211 21.3 +01.0 10 Freedom Front Plus 59,803 01.4 +00.2 - Independent Democrats 25,023 00.6 -01.1 - Inkatha Freedom Party 64,166 01.5 -01.1 1 Minority Front 2,260 00.1 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 12,671 00.3 -00.5 - United Christian Democratic Party 8,322 00.2 -00.1 - United Democratic Movement 17,335 00.4 -00.6 - Others 25,378 00.6 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,345,613 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KWAZULU-NATAL ================================================================================ Registered voters: 4,475,217 Total votes cast: 3,574,326 79.9 Invalid votes: 47,092 01.3 Valid votes: 3,527,234 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 20,851 00.6 -01.2 - African National Congress 2,256,248 64.0 +16.5 26 African People's Convention 4,199 00.1 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 6,322 00.2 00.0 - Congress of the People 54,611 01.6 1 Democratic Alliance 364,518 10.3 +00.3 4 Freedom Front Plus 6,600 00.2 -00.1 - Independent Democrats 7,086 00.2 -00.6 - Inkatha Freedom Party 723,940 20.5 -14.4 8 Minority Front 38,944 01.1 -00.8 - Pan Africanist Congress 1,852 00.1 -00.1 - United Christian Democratic Party 1,326 00.0 -00.2 - United Democratic Movement 7,529 00.2 -00.6 - Others 33,008 00.9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,527,234 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIMPOPO ================================================================================ Registered voters: 2,256,073 Total votes cast: 1,570,592 69.6 Invalid votes: 22,956 01.5 Valid votes: 1,547,636 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 9,853 00.6 - African National Congress 1,319,659 85.3 17 African People's Convention 4,754 00.3 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 5,697 00.4 - Congress of the People 111,651 07.2 1 Democratic Alliance 57,418 03.7 1 Freedom Front Plus 8,374 00.5 - Independent Democrats 1,423 00.1 - Inkatha Freedom Party 927 00.1 - Minority Front 328 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 7,352 00.5 - United Christian Democratic Party 1,080 00.1 - United Democratic Movement 5,109 00.3 - Others -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,547,636 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPUMALANGA ================================================================================ Registered voters: 1,696,705 Total votes cast: 1,363,836 80.4 Invalid votes: 20,583 01.5 Valid votes: 1,343,253 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 6,880 00.5 -00.5 - African National Congress 1,152,698 85.8 -00.5 14 African People's Convention 4,421 00.3 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 2,698 00.2 00.0 - Congress of the People 38,802 02.9 - Democratic Alliance 102,039 07.6 +00.4 1 Freedom Front Plus 11,151 00.8 -00.3 - Independent Democrats 1,619 00.1 -00.3 - Inkatha Freedom Party 7,286 00.5 -00.5 - Minority Front 286 00.0 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 3,509 00.3 -00.5 - United Christian Democratic Party 849 00.1 -00.1 - United Democratic Movement 3,159 00.2 -00.8 - Others 7,856 00.6 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,343,253 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WEST ================================================================================ Registered voters: 1,564,357 Total votes cast: 1,135,701 72.6 Invalid votes: 22,290 02.0 Valid votes: 1,113,411 98.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 8,239 00.7 -00.3 - African National Congress 822,166 73.8 -08.0 11 African People's Convention 3,742 00.3 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 2,797 00.3 00.0 - Congress of the People 93,898 08.4 1 Democratic Alliance 96,850 08.7 +03.2 1 Freedom Front Plus 15,986 01.4 +00.3 - Independent Democrats 4,891 00.4 -00.1 - Inkatha Freedom Party 1,674 00.2 -00.1 - Minority Front 278 00.0 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 2,727 00.2 -00.6 - United Christian Democratic Party 43,855 03.9 -02.6 1 United Democratic Movement 5,768 00.5 -00.6 - Others 10,540 00.9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,113,411 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN CAPE ================================================================================ Registered voters: 554,900 Total votes cast: 421,490 76.0 Invalid votes: 6,988 01.7 Valid votes: 414,502 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 4,088 01.0 -00.9 - African National Congress 253,264 61.1 -07.7 11 African People's Convention 1,244 00.3 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 1,759 00.4 -00.1 - Congress of the People 66,082 15.9 1 Democratic Alliance 54,215 13.1 +01.5 1 Freedom Front Plus 4,957 01.2 -00.3 - Independent Democrats 19,584 04.7 -01.9 - Inkatha Freedom Party 611 00.2 00.0 - Minority Front 179 00.0 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 614 00.2 -00.2 - United Christian Democratic Party 4,559 01.1 +00.7 - United Democratic Movement 503 00.1 -00.3 - Others 2,843 00.7 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 414,502 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN CAPE ================================================================================ Registered voters: 2,634,439 Total votes cast: 2,049,097 77.8 Invalid votes: 21,518 01.1 Valid votes: 2,027,579 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African Christian Democratic Party 32,849 01.6 -02.1 - African National Congress 666,223 32.9 -13.4 8 African People's Convention 1,926 00.1 - Azanian Peoples Organisation 1,394 00.1 00.0 - Congress of the People 183,763 09.1 2 Democratic Alliance 989,132 48.8 +21.9 12 Freedom Front Plus 17,506 00.9 -00.3 - Independent Democrats 91,001 04.5 -03.5 1 Inkatha Freedom Party 1,316 00.1 -00.1 - Minority Front 432 00.0 00.0 - Pan Africanist Congress 4,877 00.2 -00.3 - United Christian Democratic Party 1,348 00.1 -00.1 - United Democratic Movement 15,642 00.8 -01.1 - Others 20,170 01.0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,027,579 23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------