Wednesday 14 May 2014

South African General Election, 2014



South African general election, 2014
South Africa
2009 ←7 May 2014→ 2019
All 400 seats to the National Assembly of South Africa
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 Jacob G. Zuma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpgZille and Selfe in 2010 (cropped).jpgJulius Malema 2011-09-14 cropped.jpg
LeaderJacob ZumaHelen ZilleJulius Malema
PartyAfrican National CongressDemocratic AllianceEconomic Freedom Fighters
Last election65.90%16.66%–
Seats before26467–
Seats won2498925
Seat changeDecrease 15Increase 22Increase 25 (new)
Popular vote11,436,9214,091,5841,169,259
Percentage62.15%22.23%6.35%
SwingDecrease 3.75%Increase 5.57%Increase 6.35% (new)
South Africa national election 2014 winner by ward.svg
Winner by ward of the National Assembly election; a lighter shade indicates aplurality win without a majority. African National Congress indicated by green,Democratic Alliance by blue, Inkatha Freedom Party by red, National Freedom Party by orange, and other parties by grey.
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Voting queue in Midrand, Gauteng
President Jacob Zuma promises to create 6 million new jobs if the ANC stays in power after the election.[1][2]
The 2014 South African general election was held on 7 May 2014,[3][4] to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. It was the fifth election held in South Africa under conditions of universal adult suffragesince the end of the apartheid era in 1994, and also the first held since the death of Nelson Mandela.
The National Assembly election was won by theAfrican National Congress (ANC), but with a reduced majority of 62.1%, down from 65.9% in the 2009 election. The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its share of the vote from 16.7% to 22.2%, while the newly-formed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) obtained 6.4% of the vote.
Eight of the nine provincial legislatures were won by the ANC. The EFF obtained over 10% of the vote in Gauteng, Limpopo and North West, and beat the DA to second place in Limpopo and North West. In the other six provinces won by the ANC, the DA obtained second place. In the Western Cape, the only province not won by the ANC, the DA increased its majority from 51.5% to 59.4%.

Electoral system

The National Assembly consists of 400 members elected by proportional representation with a closed list approach. Two hundred members are elected from national party lists; the other 200 are elected from provincial party lists in each of thenine provinces. The President of South Africa will be chosen by the National Assembly after the election.
The provincial legislatures, which vary in size from 30 to 80 members, are also elected by proportional representation with closed lists. The premiers of each province will be chosen by the winning majority in each provincial legislature.
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten elected by each provincial legislature. The NCOP members will be elected by the provincial legislatures in proportion to the party makeup of the legislatures.

Political parties

The governing African National Congress (ANC), supported by its Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), have held a majority of the seats in the National Assembly since 1994. They were re-elected with increasing majorities in 1999 and 2004, and with a slight fall in its majority from 69% to 65.9% in 2009. The ANC is led by Jacob Zuma. In 2012, Zuma was re-elected to a second five-year term as President of the African National Congress, beating his only rival and deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe, by a wide margin. Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as Deputy President of the ANC, succeeding Motlanthe who had declined a second term after losing to Zuma.
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) received 16.7% of the vote in 2009, up from 12.4% in 2004. The DA is led by Helen Zille, who was re-elected unopposed as Leader of the Democratic Alliance at the party's Federal Congress in Gauteng in 2012, while Lindiwe Mazibuko continued as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. At provincial level, the DA has been in power in the Western Cape province since 2009, and came to power in several Western Cape municipalities in the 2011 municipal election.
The third largest party, Congress of the People (COPE), is led by Mosiuoa Lekota, although the leadership is disputed by Mbhazima Shilowa who continues to battle for recognition in the High Court. The party has been riven by infighting, causing it to lose much of its support and resulting in the formation of a splinter group, the United Congress.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi remains leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) despite a challenge by former IFP chairpersonZanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, who formed the National Freedom Party (NFP) after her feud with Buthelezi. The NFP and IFP split the vote in the Zulu-dominated KwaZulu-Natal province in the previous local government elections, each getting an even share of the vote, while the ANC continued to dominate the former IFP stronghold.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced on 17 March that 33 parties had registered candidates for the national parliamentary election and in the provincial legislature elections the number of parties registering candidates, including four parties which had not yet paid the required deposits subject to a 24 March deadline, were:[5][6]
  • Western Cape – 26
  • Gauteng – 22
  • Limpopo – 20
  • Eastern Cape – 18
  • KwaZulu-Natal – 18
  • Free State – 17
  • Mpumalanga – 16
  • Northern Cape – 16
  • North West – 16

New parties

Several new parties will contest the election nationally and provincially:

Alliances and defections

The Independent Democrats party, which won four seats and 0.9% of the national vote in 2009, is set to merge with the Democratic Alliance before the 2014 general election.[11]
On 17 December 2013, the South African Press Association reported that five opposition parties, namely COPE, the IFP, the African Christian Democratic Party, the United Christian Democratic Party and the Freedom Front Plus, had formed a coalition with 20 specific priorities. The parties in the coalition, named the Collective for Democracy (CD) and chaired by COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota, will retain their own identity and contest the election individually.[12] The IFP denied being part of the coalition, saying they are wary of forming such alliances given the confusion it had caused for their supporters in previous elections.[13][14]
On 20 December 2013, COSATU's largest affiliate National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) announced that they will not endorse the ANC or any other political party in 2014. NUMSA plans to establish a new working class collective along the lines of the defunct United Democratic Front, with the ultimate goal of forming a socialist party that will contest the 2019 general election.[15][16] An opposing COSATU faction has obtained a legal opinion on removing NUMSA from COSATU, with significant implications for the country's labour and political landscape.[17]
On 28 January 2014, the DA announced that Mamphela Ramphele had accepted an invitation to stand as its presidential candidate in the 2014 general election,[18][19][20] and the DA and Agang South Africa were set to merge.[21][22] On 31 January 2014, Ramphele stated that she would not take up DA party membership and would remain the leader of Agang South Africa, resulting in confusion.[23] On 2 February 2014, Helen Zille stated that Ramphele had reneged on her agreement to stand as the DA's presidential candidate.[24] Ramphele subsequently apologised for the reversal of her decision, saying that the timing was not right as the reaction to it had shown people were unable to overcome race-based party politics.[25]
On 6 February 2014, it was reported that COPE members who support Mbhazima Shilowa's plan to join the United Democratic Movement led by Bantu Holomisa which won four seats in the 2009 election.[26] On 10 March 2014, it was reported that COPE MP Nqaba Bhangu had joined the DA as an Eastern Cape parliamentary candidate,[27] and three COPE MPs, namely Juli Kilian, Leonard Ramatlakane and Nick Koornhof were included on the ANC's list of national parliamentary candidates published on 11 March 2013.[28][29][30] On 28 April 2014, it was reported that over 20 COPE MPs had defected to the ANC citing "poor political leadership".[31][32][33] The only COPE member in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Lucky Gabela, subsequently also defected to the ANC citing internal conflict.[34]
On 11 March 2014, Al Jama-ah and the Africa Muslim Party announced they would campaign together under the Al Jama-ah Community Party banner.[35]
On 12 March 2014, it was reported that DA MP Beverley Abrahams had joined the ANC.[36]
On 17 March 2014, Economic Freedom Fighters announced agreement to establish working relations with the Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) and Black Consciousness Party (BCP). They will not independently stand for elections, and their candidates will be part of the EFF election 2014 candidates list as EFF members. EFF also have members of South Africa First (SAF) in the list who hold dual membership. Although SAF has not agreed to them being on the EFF list, its leadership collective has endorsed the lists.[37]
On 20 March 2014, it was reported that DA MPs Lourie Bosman, Niekie van den Berg and Theo Coetzee were joiningFreedom Front Plus on the party's national candidates list for the 2014 election.[38]
On 30 March 2014, it was reported in the Sunday Times that DA MP Mpowele Swathe had joined the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) after his name appeared on election candidate lists for both parties.[39]

Endorsements

On 2 May 2014, the Mail & Guardian newspaper "urged readers to oppose the ANC" for the first time, in order to dilute the ruling party's "overweening political power". The editorial cites the support of Cabinet ministers for the controversial proposed "secrecy law" and the ANC's "cynical response to the Nkandla scandal" among its reasons.[40][41] A Financial Maileditorial published on the same day, which cites unemployment and changes in the government's administration and policies which impacted business negatively, states "the ANC does not get our endorsement this time" and "our vote goes to the DA".[42] An editorial published in The Economist the following day, which cites unemployment and an increase in corruption under Zuma's leadership in particular, states the ANC and Zuma "no longer deserve to rule" and "The DA deserves to be endorsed."[43]
On 2 May 2014, Abahlali baseMjondolo, a social movement representing shack dwellers which previously supported the No Land! No House! No Vote! election boycott campaign, announced its provincial endorsement of the DA in KwaZulu-Natal for the election as a tactical vote against the ANC.[44][45][46]

Changes to electoral legislation[edit]

On 26 November 2013 the Electoral Amendment Act, 2013, came into force. It allows South African citizens resident outside South Africa to register and vote in the election of the National Assembly.[47]
A new regulation added in 2013 that will be enforced for the first time on 7 May 2014 is the prohibition of photographing marked ballot papers, which aims to inhibit voter intimidation.[48][49]

Voter registration[edit]

Born-free generation registering to vote for the first time in the 2014 general election

Local voters[edit]

On the weekends of 9–10 November 2013 and 8–9 February 2014 all voting stations were opened for new voters to register and for those who moved residence to re-register in their new voting district. Approximately 5.5 million people in total visited voting stations, including approximately 2.3 million new voters. This increased the number of registered voters to 25.3 million, representing 80.5% of the 31.4 million people eligible to vote in the country.[50][51][52] South Africans who were born after the 1994 general election, known as the born-free generation, and are aged 18 or older will be eligible to vote for the first time.[53]

International voters[edit]

South Africans abroad could register to vote at any South African Embassy, High Commission or Consulate-General from 9 January 2014 to 7 February 2014.[54] South Africans living abroad who wished to vote had to notify the IEC of their intention to vote by 12 March 2014.[55] The weekends of 18–19 January and 25–26 January were made registration weekends in order to accommodate voters who were unable to register during business hours.[56] Over 26,000 voters were registered to vote abroad by the time of the election.[57]
Top ten voting stations abroad by number of registered voters
CityVoters
1United Kingdom London9,863
2United Arab Emirates Dubai1,539
3Australia Canberra1,243
4Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa773
5Netherlands The Hague667
6United States New York604
7Qatar Qatar557
8United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi540
9Republic of Ireland Dublin466
10Sudan Khartoum458
Total16,710[A]
Sources[58][59]
  1. Jump up^ 62.58% of 26,701 registered voters abroad

Opinion polling

National ballot[edit]

April 2014 poll compared to election results.
  Ipsos/Sunday Times April 2014 poll
  Actual election results
DatePolling organisationANCDAEFFACDPAgangCOPEIFPOthersAbstention/Don't know/No answer
Oct/Nov 2013[60][61][62][63][64]Ipsos
Pulse of the People		53%18%4%1%1%1%1%2%19%
Oct/Nov 2013[60][Note 1]Ipsos
Pulse of the People		64%19%4%1%1%1%2%2%6%
Feb/Mar 2014[65][66][Note 2]Ipsos
Pulse of the People		63.4%22.9%4.7%0.9%–1.2%1.9%5.0%N/A
Feb/Mar 2014[67][Note 3]Ipsos/Sunday Times61.9%20.5%3.4%7.4%
Feb/Mar 2014[67][68][69][Note 4]Ipsos/Sunday Times66.1%22.9%3.7%~1%0.4%0.7%1.4%3.8%N/A
Mar/Apr 2014[70][Note 5]Ipsos/Sunday Times65.5%23.1%4.0%0.8%0.0%1.3%2.8%2.5%N/A
Apr 2014[71][72][Note 6]Ipsos/Sunday Times63.9%23.7%4.7%0.3%0.3%3.4%0.8%2.9%N/A
  1. Jump up^ Figures in this row are based on the moderate voter turnout scenario without assigning the 6% undecided voters to parties.
  2. Jump up^ Figures in this row are based on the moderate voter turnout scenario.
  3. Jump up^ Figures in this row are based on the moderate voter turnout scenario without assigning the 7.4% undecided voters to parties.
  4. Jump up^ Figures in this row are based on the moderate voter turnout scenario with the 7.4% undecided voters assigned to parties based on other survey answers.
  5. Jump up^ Figures in this row are based on an average voter turnout of 74.5% with undecided voters assigned to parties based on other survey answers.
  6. Jump up^ Figures in this row are based on an average voter turnout of 74.5% with undecided voters assigned to parties based on other survey answers.
According to an internal poll conducted by the DA with American pollster Stan Greenberg in March–April 2014, the ANC would get 59% of the vote, the DA 26% and the EFF 8%.[73]
In an Ipsos survey of 1,000 registered ANC members conducted for the Sunday Times in December 2013, 55% of respondents said they will vote for the ANC again, 5% said they will vote for the DA, 6% said they will vote for other parties, and the remaining 34% said they did not know or preferred not to answer.[74][75][76]
According to the results of an Ipsos Pulse of the People survey published in February 2014, the DA is the most multi-racial party while the ANC has 96% black supporters and the EFF has 99% black supporters, relative to 76% black survey respondents. The age profile of ANC supporters closely resembles the age profile of voters, while DA supporters are slightly older overall and EFF supporters are significantly younger overall.[77]
Africa Check and the Centre for the Study of Democracy have criticised polls by market research companies as unscientific. Africa Check warned that some polls are intentionally misleading and some are essentially conjecture.[73]

Provincial ballot

The Ipsos Pulse of the People survey undertaken in October and November 2013 showed that a number of provinces would be closely contested. The ANC will continue to dominate in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State. The DA will keep the Western Cape while control of the Northern Cape and Gauteng will be contested between the ANC and DA, with other parties holding the balance of power, so coalitions may be decisive. In Limpopo and North West the EFF could become the official opposition.[78]
The Ipsos/Sunday Times survey undertaken in February and March 2014 showed that the ANC enjoyed majority support in all provinces except the Western Cape, where the DA retains majority support. DA support followed that of the ANC in all other provinces except for the North West, where the EFF came in second place.[67]

Campaign controversies

ICASA ordered that this photograph of a police officer firing rubber bullets at unarmed residents during a protest inBekkersdal over an ANC election campaign be removed from a DAelection campaign television advert.
Opposition party election campaigns have targeted corruption and public spending on PresidentJacob Zuma's private residence at Nkandla.
IEC banner on voting day
On 13 March 2014, violence erupted in the Bekkersdal township in Gauteng, the scene of violent service delivery protests in 2013. Residents staged a protest over a planned ANC campaign in the area, barricading the streets with rocks and burning tyres and pelting ANC officials and police vehicles with stones. Police responded to the volatile situation by firing rubber bullets at residents.[79][80]
Shortly after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's final report on security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's private residence at Nkandla was published on 19 March 2014, the DA sent a bulk text message to Gauteng voters which reads: "The Nkandla report shows how Zuma stole your money to build his R246m home. Vote DA on 7 May to beat corruption. Together for change." The ANC submitted an urgent application to the South Gauteng High Court to stop distribution of the text message on the grounds that it violated the Electoral Act. On 4 April 2014, the court ruled that the wording of the message was fair comment and dismissed the ANC's application with costs.[81][82] The ANC was granted leave to appeal the decision.[83]On 6 May 2014, the Electoral Court ruled that the DA must retract the text message, finding that it wrongly targeted Zuma personally instead of the systematic failures highlighted in Madonsela's report.[84]
On 11 April 2014, the DA submitted a complaint to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) about censorship by the public broadcaster after the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) informed the DA it would not continue broadcasting a DA television advert titled "ANC Ayisafani", meaning "the ANC's not the same", and five DA radio adverts aired on 8 and 9 April 2014.[85][86][87] According to the DA's Mmusi Maimane, who appears in the television advert, the SABC banned all DA adverts from 11 public radio stations as well as the television advert.[88] ICASA announced that it would hold public hearings on the matter on Thursday, 17 April 2014. Following the DA's announcement that it would submit an urgent application to the South Gauteng High Court requesting a ruling on the adverts before the long Easter weekend commencing Good Friday, 18 April 2014, the ICASA hearings commenced earlier on 15 April 2014.[89][90] On 16 April 2014, the ban was lifted temporarily as the SABC had failed to provide reasons for the ban during the ICASA hearings and requested more time to prepare a response.[91][92][93] The DA also objected to the SABC not allowing the national official opposition party to participate in a televised election debate on land reformon SABC 1 on 13 April 2014.[94][95] On 25 April 2014, ICASA upheld the SABC's ban on the television advert finding that it contravened ICASA's regulations on party election broadcasts. ICASA ordered that a photograph taken by The Citizen photographer Alaister Russell of a police officer firing rubber bullets at unarmed residents during the March 2014 Bekkersdal protest be removed from the advert as "the police should not be seen as a threat to the community". In the advert, Maimane says "We've seen a police force killing our own people" while the photograph is shown on the screen. The South African Police Service had earlier submitted a complaint to ICASA that this footage would incite violence against police officers.[96][97][98][99]
On 15 April 2014, a protest campaign against corruption with the slogan "Vukani! Sidikwe! (Wake up! We are Fed up!) Vote No", supported by over 100 ANC veterans, was launched by former government ministers Ronnie Kasrils and Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. The IEC has requested a legal opinion on whether the campaign contravenes the Electoral Act.[100][101]The campaign urges ANC supporters to either spoil their votes or vote for a smaller party.[102] Archbishop EmeritusDesmond Tutu welcomed the campaign,[103] and human rights activist and cleric Barney Pityana describes it as "a campaign to bring rationality, order, morality and decency back into our electoral system" in a Mail & Guardian opinion piece.[104]
On 15 April 2014, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa announced that lawyers acting on behalf of several opposition parties concerned about the credibility of the general election would approach the Electoral Court following the IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula's refusal to agree to their call for her resignation. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found Tlakula had been involved in building procurement irregularities in a report published in August 2013, and a subsequentNational Treasury review published in March 2014 supported her findings.[105][106] On 2 May 2014, the Electoral Court postponed the inquiry into her conduct until 2 June 2014, as it would not be able to rule on the matter before the 7 May election date.[107]
On 22 April 2014, the EFF also lodged a complaint with ICASA after the SABC banned an EFF election campaign television advert titled "Now is the time for economic freedom" that was due to be aired on 20 and 22 April 2014.[108][109][110] On 26 April 2014, ICASA upheld the SABC's ban on the advert. ICASA found that wording in the advert about physically destroying contentious e-tolls in Gauteng could incite violence and therefore contravened ICASA's regulations on party election broadcasts. The EFF advert had also highlighted police brutality, using interviews and photographs related to the Marikana massacre and the same photograph of the March 2014 Bekkersdal protest that ICASA ordered removed from the DA advert.[99][111]
On 28 April 2014, a Parliamentary committee set up to consider Zuma's response to Madonsela's final Nkandla report was referred to the next Parliament to be formed after the election, citing insufficient time available before the 7 May election date.[112]

Voting[edit]

Voting station sign on voting day
Voting queue in Midrand, Gauteng

International special votes

Approximately 27,000 South Africans registered to participate in the national election in the international voting phase, which took place at 116 international voting stations on 30 April 2014.[113]

Local special votes

The local special vote phase of the election took place on 5–6 May 2014, accommodating over 295,000 voters who are physically infirm, disabled or pregnant or were unable to vote at their voting station on 7 May.[113][114] Former PresidentThabo Mbeki cast a special vote on 6 May as he was attending a World Economic Forum meeting in Nigeria on 7 May.[115]

Voting day

Voting took place relatively smoothly at 22,264 voting stations in South Africa on 7 May 2014.[116] It was reported that 2,449, or 11%, of the voting stations opened later than the scheduled opening time of 7am. All voting stations were operational by 11am.[117]

Election-related offences

On voting day 97 people were arrested for election-related offences, primarily voter intimidation. A number of voters ignored the new legislation prohibiting photographs of marked ballot papers, including local celebrity DJ Sbu and footballer Andile Jali.[118][119][120][121]

Results

The Electoral Commission decided to exclude the votes from one voting station in Tickeyline, near Tzaneen in Limpopo, because staff at the voting station were attacked at the close of voting and the security of the ballot could not be assured.[122] The final results were announced on 10 May.[123]

Parliament

National Assembly

Graph shows results of all parties that have come first, second or third in a national election. Notes: DA includes DP and ID, NP includes NNP, contested last election in 2004. COPE contested first election in 2009. EFF contested first election in 2014
National Assembly after 2009 general election
  ANC
  DA
  COPE
  IFP
  others
National Assembly after 2014 general election
  ANC
  DA
  EFF
  IFP
  Other

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress11,436,92162.15Decrease 3.75249Decrease 15
Democratic Alliance4,091,58422.23[a]Increase 4.6589[a]Increase 18
Economic Freedom Fighters1,169,2596.35New25New
Inkatha Freedom Party441,8542.40Decrease 2.1510Decrease 8
National Freedom Party288,7421.57New6New
United Democratic Movement184,6361.00Increase 0.164Steady 0
Freedom Front Plus165,7150.90Increase 0.074Steady 0
Congress of the People123,2350.67Decrease 6.753Decrease 27
African Christian Democratic Party104,0390.57Decrease 0.243Steady 0
African Independent Congress97,6420.53New3New
Agang SA52,3500.28New2New
Pan Africanist Congress37,7840.21Decrease 0.071Steady 0
African People's Convention30,6760.17Decrease 0.041Steady 0
Al Jama-ah25,9760.14Decrease 0.010Steady 0
Minority Front22,5890.12Decrease 0.120Decrease 1
United Christian Democratic Party21,7440.12Decrease 0.260Decrease 2
Azanian People's Organisation20,4210.11Decrease 0.110Decrease 1
Bushbuckridge Residents Association15,2710.08New0New
Independent Civic Organisation14,4720.08New0New
Patriotic Alliance13,2630.07New0New
Workers and Socialist Party8,3310.05New0New
Ubuntu Party8,2340.04New0New
Kingdom Governance Movement6,4080.03New0New
Front National5,1380.03New0New
Keep It Straight and Simple4,2940.02Decrease 0.010Steady 0
Pan Africanist Movement3,8150.02Decrease 0.010Steady 0
First Nation Liberation Alliance3,2970.02New0New
United Congress3,1360.02New0New
Peoples Alliance1,6710.01New0New
Total18,402,497100.00400
Valid votes18,402,49798.65
Spoilt votes251,9601.35
Total votes cast18,654,457100.00
Registered voters/turnout25,381,29373.50
Source: IEC

National Council of Provinces

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten nominated by each provincial legislature, in proportion to the party membership of the provincial legislature. Each provincial delegation consists of six permanent delegates, who are nominated for a term that lasts until a new provincial legislature is elected, and four special delegates. One of the special delegates is the province's Premier, or another member of the provincial legislature designated by the Premier, while the other three special delegates are designated ad hoc by the provincial legislature.
e • d 
PartyDelegate typeProvinceTotal
ECFSGKZNLMNWNCWC
African National CongressPermanent4444444423461
Special33234433227
Democratic AlliancePermanent1111111141219
Special112127
Economic Freedom FightersPermanent11111167
Special11
Inkatha Freedom PartyPermanent11
National Freedom PartySpecial11
United Democratic MovementPermanent11
Total10101010101010101090

Provincial legislatures

Eastern Cape

Seats in the Eastern Cape provincial legislature 2014.
  ANC
  DA
  UDM
  EFF
  COPE
  AIC
e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress1,528,34570.09Increase 1.2745Increase 1
Democratic Alliance353,31616.20[a]Increase 5.7510[a]Increase 4
United Democratic Movement134,2806.16Increase 2.034Increase 1
Economic Freedom Fighters75,7763.48New2New
Congress of the People26,1291.20Decrease 12.471Decrease 8
African Independent Congress16,7860.77Steady 0.001Steady 0
Pan Africanist Congress9,6910.44Decrease 0.090Steady 0
African Christian Democratic Party7,2910.33Decrease 0.200Steady 0
Freedom Front Plus6,8180.31Increase 0.120Steady 0
African People's Convention5,0000.23Increase 0.030Steady 0
Kingdom Governance Movement3,9320.18New0New
National Freedom Party3,4720.16New0New
Azanian People's Organisation2,5090.12Decrease 0.090Steady 0
Agang SA2,3720.11New0New
United Congress1,4060.06New0New
Inkatha Freedom Party1,3880.06Decrease 0.040Steady 0
United Christian Democratic Party1,1940.05Decrease 0.030Steady 0
Patriotic Movement of South Africa7590.03Decrease 0.050Steady 0
Total2,180,464100.0063
Valid votes2,180,46498.52
Spoilt votes32,6571.48
Total votes cast2,213,121100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,240,05968.30
Source: IEC

Free State

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress708,72069.85Decrease 1.2522Steady 0
Democratic Alliance164,67216.23[a]Increase 4.475[a]Increase 2
Economic Freedom Fighters82,6748.15New2New
Freedom Front Plus21,3392.10Increase 0.091Steady 0
Congress of the People16,5161.63Decrease 9.990Decrease 4
African Christian Democratic Party5,1500.51Decrease 0.220Steady 0
African People's Convention3,1980.32Increase 0.010Steady 0
Pan Africanist Congress2,1330.21Decrease 0.120Steady 0
United Democratic Movement2,1270.21Decrease 0.150Steady 0
Agang SA2,0650.20New0New
Azanian People's Organisation1,5810.16New0New
United Christian Democratic Party1,1390.11Decrease 0.220Steady 0
Inkatha Freedom Party1,1240.11Decrease 0.110Steady 0
National Freedom Party1,1150.11New0New
Patriotic Alliance6510.06New0New
Independent Civic Organisation4590.05New0New
Total1,014,663100.0030
Valid votes1,014,66398.58
Spoilt votes14,6341.42
Total votes cast1,029,297100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,449,48871.01
Source: IEC

Gauteng

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress2,348,56453.59Decrease 10.4440Decrease 7
Democratic Alliance1,349,00130.78[a]Increase 8.3223[a]Increase 6
Economic Freedom Fighters451,31810.30New8New
Freedom Front Plus52,4361.20Decrease 0.431Steady 0
Inkatha Freedom Party34,2400.78Decrease 0.711Steady 0
African Christian Democratic Party27,1960.62Decrease 0.250Decrease 1
Congress of the People21,6520.49Decrease 7.280Decrease 6
National Freedom Party20,7330.47New0New
United Democratic Movement19,4860.44Increase 0.050Steady 0
Agang SA18,2580.42New0New
Pan Africanist Congress11,2410.26Decrease 0.050Steady 0
African People's Convention7,1870.16Increase 0.040Steady 0
Azanian People's Organisation5,1100.12Decrease 0.100Steady 0
United Christian Democratic Party3,6410.08Decrease 0.160Steady 0
Minority Front3,2370.07New0New
Front National2,2850.05New0New
Workers and Socialist Party1,9880.05New0New
Patriotic Alliance1,8110.04New0New
Independent Civic Organisation9740.02New0New
Kingdom Governance Movement8150.02New0New
Lekgotla for Democracy Advancement6950.02New0New
Merafong Civic Association2950.01New0New
Total4,382,163100.0073
Valid votes4,382,16399.04
Spoilt votes42,2610.96
Total votes cast4,424,424100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,063,73972.97
Source: IEC

KwaZulu-Natal

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress2,475,04164.52Increase 1.5752Increase 1
Democratic Alliance489,43012.76[a]Increase 3.4210[a]Increase 3
Inkatha Freedom Party416,49610.86Decrease 11.549Decrease 9
National Freedom Party280,4257.31New6New
Economic Freedom Fighters70,8231.85New2New
Minority Front38,9601.02Decrease 1.041Decrease 1
African Christian Democratic Party16,8030.44Decrease 0.240Decrease 1
Freedom Front Plus7,6950.20Increase 0.040Steady 0
African People's Convention7,0400.18Increase 0.040Steady 0
United Democratic Movement6,6320.17Decrease 0.060Steady 0
Congress of the People5,9680.16Decrease 1.130Decrease 1
Azanian People's Organisation5,8730.15New0New
Truly Alliance4,0820.11New0New
Pan Africanist Congress2,9300.08Steady 0.000Steady 0
KwaZulu-Natal Transport Alliance2,7960.07New0New
United Christian Democratic Party2,1860.06Increase 0.010Steady 0
Kingdom Governance Movement1,9030.05New0New
Ubumbano Lwesizwe Sabangoni9260.02New0New
Total3,836,009100.0080
Valid votes3,836,00998.67
Spoilt votes51,8311.33
Total votes cast3,887,840100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,117,13175.98
Source: IEC

Limpopo

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress1,149,34878.60Decrease 6.2839Decrease 4
Economic Freedom Fighters156,98210.74New6New
Democratic Alliance94,7246.48Increase 2.913Increase 1
Congress of the People12,5730.86Decrease 6.671Decrease 3
Freedom Front Plus10,1020.69Increase 0.080Steady 0
African Christian Democratic Party6,9880.48Decrease 0.210Steady 0
Agang SA5,1970.36New0New
African People's Convention5,0850.35Increase 0.050Steady 0
Pan Africanist Congress4,2660.29Decrease 0.240Steady 0
United Democratic Movement3,9200.27Decrease 0.080Steady 0
Azanian People's Organisation3,8510.26Decrease 0.110Steady 0
Ximoko Party3,0440.21Decrease 0.020Steady 0
Workers and Socialist Party1,2220.08New0New
Inkatha Freedom Party1,2190.08Increase 0.020Steady 0
South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association1,1050.08New0New
United Christian Democratic Party8500.06Decrease 0.030Steady 0
National Freedom Party5860.04New0New
Lekgotla for Democracy Advancement5560.04New0New
Unemployed Movement SA3490.02New0New
Merafong Civic Association2190.01New0New
Total1,462,186100.0049
Valid votes1,462,18698.76
Spoilt votes18,4091.24
Total votes cast1,480,595100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,438,28060.72
Source: IEC

Mpumalanga

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress1,045,40978.23Decrease 7.3124Decrease 3
Democratic Alliance138,99010.40[a]Increase 2.793[a]Increase 1
Economic Freedom Fighters83,5896.26New2New
Bushbuckridge Residents Association15,3681.15New1New
Freedom Front Plus11,0180.82Decrease 0.020Steady 0
National Freedom Party10,0660.75New0New
African People's Convention5,9400.44Increase 0.070Steady 0
African Christian Democratic Party5,3240.40Decrease 0.110Steady 0
Congress of the People4,2880.32Decrease 2.590Decrease 1
Sindawonye Progressive Party4,2440.32Decrease 0.180Steady 0
Inkatha Freedom Party3,4810.26Decrease 0.240Steady 0
Pan Africanist Congress3,1090.23Decrease 0.080Steady 0
Agang SA1,7050.13New0New
United Democratic Movement1,7010.13Decrease 0.130Steady 0
Azanian People's Organisation1,2350.09Decrease 0.130Steady 0
United Christian Democratic Party7920.06Decrease 0.010Steady 0
Total1,336,259100.0030
Valid votes1,336,25998.57
Spoilt votes19,3331.43
Total votes cast1,355,592100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,860,83472.85
Source: IEC

North West

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress733,49067.39Decrease 5.5023Decrease 2
Economic Freedom Fighters143,76513.21new5new
Democratic Alliance138,52112.73[a]Increase 4.014[a]Increase 1
Freedom Front Plus18,7461.72Decrease 0.091Increase 1
United Christian Democratic Party12,8111.18Decrease 4.090Decrease 2
Congress of the People8,6920.80Decrease 7.530Decrease 3
United Democratic Movement9,6150.88Increase 0.370Steady 0
African Christian Democratic Party5,7280.53Decrease 0.160Steady 0
Agang SA4,7360.44new0new
African People's Convention4,3980.40Increase 0.110Steady 0
Azanian People's Organisation1,7960.17Decrease 0.090Steady 0
National Freedom Party1,5820.15new0new
Inkatha Freedom Party1,4960.14Decrease 0.010Steady 0
Pan Africanist Congress1,4730.14Decrease 0.130Steady 0
Workers and Socialist Party9390.09new0new
South African Political Party6620.06Decrease 0.110Steady 0
Total1,088,450100.0033
Valid votes1,088,45098.32
Spoilt votes18,6291.68
Total votes cast1,107,079100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,669,34966.32
Source: IEC

Northern Cape


e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
African National Congress272,05364.40Increase 3.6520Increase 1
Democratic Alliance100,91623.89[a]Increase 6.387[a]Increase 1
Economic Freedom Fighters20,9514.96New2New
Congress of the People15,2183.60Decrease 13.071Decrease 4
Freedom Front Plus4,6001.09Decrease 0.160Steady 0
African Christian Democratic Party2,4210.57Decrease 0.430Steady 0
United Christian Democratic Party1,5420.37Decrease 0.840Steady 0
African People's Convention1,1910.28Decrease 0.060Steady 0
Azanian People's Organisation1,0620.25Decrease 0.350Steady 0
Patriotic Alliance5840.14New0New
Independent Civic Organisation4990.12New0New
Pan Africanist Congress4600.11Decrease 0.110Steady 0
United Democratic Movement3660.09Decrease 0.060Steady 0
Inkatha Freedom Party2390.06Decrease 0.130Steady 0
First Nation Liberation Alliance1940.05New0New
National Freedom Party1390.03New0New
Total422,431100.0030
Valid votes422,43198.58
Spoilt votes6,1061.42
Total votes cast428,537100.00
Registered voters/turnout601,08071.29
Source: IEC

Western Cape

e • d 
PartyVotes%+/−Seats+/−
Democratic Alliance1,259,64559.38[a]Increase 3.2526[a]Increase 2
African National Congress697,66432.89Increase 1.3414Steady 0
Economic Freedom Fighters44,7622.11New1New
African Christian Democratic Party21,6961.02Decrease 0.451Steady 0
Al Jama-ah13,1820.62[b]Decrease 0.060Steady 0
Congress of the People12,5200.59Decrease 7.150Decrease 3
Independent Civic Organisation11,9490.56New0New
Freedom Front Plus11,5870.55Increase 0.120Steady 0
United Democratic Movement10,1990.48Decrease 0.230Steady 0
Patriotic Alliance8,5100.40New0New
African Independent Congress6,5080.31New0New
Agang SA6,3980.30New0New
Pan Africanist Congress3,5910.17Decrease 0.060Steady 0
National Party2,6940.13Decrease 0.040Steady 0
African People's Convention1,2910.06Decrease 0.030Steady 0
African National Party1,2490.06New0New
Indigenous Peoples Organisation1,1800.06New0New
United Christian Democratic Party1,1580.05Decrease 0.020Steady 0
Inkatha Freedom Party1,0780.05Decrease 0.010Steady 0
Azanian People's Organisation8440.04Decrease 0.030Steady 0
National Freedom Party7630.04New0New
South African Progressive Civic Organisation6420.03New0New
First Nation Liberation Alliance6350.03New0New
Kingdom Governance Movement4900.02New0New
Sibanye Civic Association4780.02New0New
Peoples Alliance4400.02New0New
Total2,121,153100.0042
Valid votes2,121,15399.12
Spoilt votes18,9370.88
Total votes cast2,140,090100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,941,33372.76
Source: IEC

Notes

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Compared to the combined performance of the Democratic Alliance and the Independent Democrats in 2009.
  2. Jump up^ Compared to the combined performance of Al Jama-ah and the Africa Muslim Party in 2009.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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