2004 South African general election

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2004 South African general election
← 1999 14 April 2004 2009 →
All 400 seats to the National Assembly of South Africa
Turnout76.70% Decrease
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Thabo Mbeki Tony Leon Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Party ANC DA IFP
Last election 266 seats, 66.35% 38 seats, 9.56%[a] 34 seats, 8.58%
Seats won 279 50 28
Seat change Increase13 Increase12 Decrease6
Popular vote 10,880,915 1,931,201 1,088,664
Percentage 69.69% 12.37% 6.97%
Swing Increase3.34% Increase2.81% Decrease1.61%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Bantu Holomisa Patricia de Lille Marthinus van Schalkwyk
Party UDM ID NNP
Last election 14 seats, 3.42% did not contest 28 seats, 6.87%
Seats won 9 7 7
Seat change Decrease5 Increase7 (new) Decrease21
Popular vote 355,717 269,765 257,842
Percentage 2.28% 1.73% 1.65%
Swing Decrease1.14% Increase1.73% (new) Decrease5.22%
President before election

Thabo Mbeki
ANC

Elected President

Thabo Mbeki
ANC

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Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004.[1] The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority.

These were the third elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The South African National Assembly consists of 400 members, elected by proportional representation.[2] 200 members are elected from national party lists, the other 200 are elected from party lists in each of the nine provinces. The President of South Africa is chosen by the National Assembly after each election.

The ANC, which has been in power since 1994, obtained 69.7% of votes cast on the national ballot, theoretically allowing them to change the constitution.

Some 20.6-million people were registered for the 2004 general elections, which was about 2 million more than in 1999.[3] About 76% of registered voters took part in the election, with the ANC receiving 69.7% of the votes cast. However, only 56% of eligible voters (South African citizens of voting age) took part in the 2004 election, which means that the ANC received votes from only about 38% of all eligible voters.[4][5] The year 2004 saw an increase in voter abstention and there was at least one high-profile election and registration boycotts campaign, the No Land! No House! No Vote! Campaign.[6][7]

The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, also obtained an increased percentage on the national ballot, most likely from former supporters of the New National Party, possibly losing some support to Patricia de Lille's new Independent Democrats. The New National Party, a descendant of the ruling party of the apartheid era, collapsed and lost most of their support, dropping from 6.9% in 1999 to 1.7% (it was 20.4% in 1994), many of their supporters being unhappy with their alliance with the ANC. The Independent Democrats surprised many observers by obtaining more votes than the New National Party, becoming the fifth largest party. The Inkatha Freedom Party lost some support, including the majority in their stronghold province of Kwazulu-Natal, while the United Democratic Movement also lost support, barely hanging on as opposition in their stronghold, the Eastern Cape.

National Assembly results

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 National Assembly election results[8]
Party Leader Votes % +/− Seats +/− from last
election[note 1] 		+/− from before
this election[note 2]
ANC Thabo Mbeki 10,880,915 69.69 +3.34 279 +13 +4
DA[note 3] Tony Leon 1,931,201 12.37 +2.81 50 +12 +4
IFP Mangosuthu Buthelezi 1,088,664 6.97 −1.61 28 −6 −3
UDM Bantu Holomisa 355,717 2.28 −1.14 9 −5 +5
ID[note 4] Patricia de Lille 269,765 1.73 +1.73 7 +7 +6
NNP Marthinus van Schalkwyk 257,824 1.65 −5.22 7 −21 −13
ACDP Kenneth Meshoe 250,272 1.65 +0.17 7 +1 0
VF+[note 5] Pieter Mulder 139,465 0.89 −0.19 4 0 +1
United Christian Democratic Party Lucas Mangope 117,792 0.75 −0.03 3 0 0
PAC 113,512 0.73 +0.02 3 0 +1
Minority Front Amichand Rajbansi 55,267 0.35 +0.05 2 +1 +1
Azanian People's Organisation 39,116 0.25 +0.08 1 0 0
Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 17,619 0.11 +0.11 0 0 0
National Action[note 4] Cassie Aucamp 15,804 0.10 +0.10 0 0 −1
Peace and Justice Congress[note 4] 15,187 0.10 +0.10 0 0 −1
Socialist Party of Azania 14,853 0.10 +0.04 0 0 0
New Labour Party[note 4] Peter Marais 13,318 0.09 0.09 0 0 0
United Front[note 6] 11,889 0.08 +0.08 0 0 0
Employment Movement for South Africa[note 6] 10,446 0.07 +0.07 0 0 0
The Organisation Party[note 6] 7,531 0.05 +0.05 0 0 0
Keep It Straight and Simple Party C. C. Gaisford 6,514 0.04 +0.04 0 0 0
Total 15,612,671 100.00 400
Spoilt votes 251,320
Results by District. Lighter shades indicate a plurality of the vote.

Contested seat

When the official results were released, the ACDP successfully challenged the outcome. As a result, one of the two seats AZAPO won initially was handed over to the ACDP.[9]

Provincial legislature results

Elections for the nine provincial parliaments were held at the same time as for the National Assembly.

e • d Seat allocation summary of the 14 April 2004 provincial legislature election results
Party EC FS G KZN L M NW NC WC
ANC 51 25 51 38 45 27 27 21 19
DA 5 3 15 7 2 2 2 3 12
IFP 2 30
UDM 6 1 1 1 1
ACDP 1 1 2 1 1 2
NNP 2 5
ID 1 2 3
VF+ 1 1 1 1 1
United Christian Democratic Party 3
PAC 1 1
Minority Front 2
Total 63 30 73 80 49 30 33 30 42

Eastern Cape

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature election results[10]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− from last
election[note 1] 		+/− from before
this election[note 2]
ANC 1,768,987 79.27 +5.47 51 +4 +2
UDM 205,993 9.23 −4.36 6 −3 −1
DA[note 3] 163,785 7.34 +1.05 5 +1 0
PAC 22,324 1.00 −0.14 1 0 0
ACDP 17,372 0.78 −0.18 0 0 0
ID[note 4] 17,314 0.78 +0.78 0 0 0
NNP 14,084 0.63 −2.59 0 −2 −1
VF+[note 5] 5,692 0.26 −0.25 0 0 0
IFP 4,373 0.20 −0.13 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation[note 6] 3,884 0.17 +0.17 0 0 0
Socialist Party of Azania[note 6] 3,356 0.15 +0.15 0 0 0
United Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 2,707 0.12 +0.12 0 0 0
National Action[note 4] 1,672 0.07 +0.07 0 0 0
Total 2,231,543 100.00 63
Spoilt votes 28,360

Free State

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Free State Provincial Legislature election results[11]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−[note 7]
ANC 827,338 81.78 +0.99 25 0
DA[note 3] 85,714 8.47 +3.14 3 +1
VF+[note 5] 24,946 2.47 −0.04 1 0
ACDP 13,119 1.30 +0.40 1 +1
PAC 11,969 1.18 +0.03 0 0
Dikwankwetla Party[note 6] 9,806 0.99 +0.97 0 0
UDM 8,947 0.88 −0.78 0 0
NNP 8,295 0.82 −4.38 0 −2
United Christian Democratic Party 7,825 0.77 −0.01 0 0
ID[note 4] 5,289 0.52 +0.52 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation[note 6] 3,571 0.35 +0.35 0 0
IFP 3,563 0.35 −0.12 0 0
National Action[note 4] 1,224 0.12 +0.12 0 0
Total 1,011,606 100.00 30
Spoilt votes 15,795

Gauteng

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Gauteng Provincial Legislature election results[12]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− from last
election[note 1] 		+/− from before
this election[note 2]
ANC 2,331,121 68.40 +0.52 51 +1 +1
DA[note 3] 708,081 20.78 +2.82 15 +2 +3
IFP 85,500 2.51 −1.00 2 −1 −1
ACDP 55,991 1.64 +0.48 1 0 0
ID[note 4] 51,921 1.52 +1.52 1 +1 0
VF+[note 8] 45,648 1.34 −0.22 1 0 0
UDM 33,644 0.99 −0.97 1 0 0
PAC 29,076 0.85 +0.12 1 +1 +1
NNP 25,992 0.76 −3.13 0 −3 −3
United Christian Democratic Party 8,857 0.26 +0.02 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 8,670 0.25 +0.09 0 0 0
Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 7,773 0.23 +0.23 0 0 0
National Action[note 4] 4,712 0.14 +0.14 0 0 0
Peace and Justice Congress[note 4] 3,208 0.09 +0.09 0 0 0
Socialist Party of Azania 3,191 0.09 +0.04 0 0 0
Economic Freedom Movement[note 6] 1,862 0.05 +0.05 0 0 0
Pro-Death Penalty Party[note 6] 1,825 0.05 +0.05 0 0 0
Black People's Convention[note 6] 1,236 0.04 +0.04 0 0 0
Total 3,408,308 100.00 73
Spoilt votes 43,917

KwaZulu-Natal

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature election results[13]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− from last
election[note 1] 		+/− from before
this election[note 2]
ANC 1,287,823 46.98 +7.59 38 +6 +3
IFP 1,009,267 36.82 −5.08 30 −4 −2
DA[note 3] 228,857 8.35 +0.19 7 +1 0
Minority Front 71,540 2.61 −0.32 2 0 0
ACDP 48,892 1.78 −0.03 2 +1 +1
UDM 20,546 0.75 −0.42 1 0 0
NNP 14,218 0.52 −2.76 0 −3 −2
ID[note 4] 13,556 0.49 +0.49 0 0 0
VF+[note 5] 7,764 0.28 −0.14 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 7,061 0.26 +0.09 0 0 0
PAC 5,118 0.19 −0.07 0 0 0
Socialist Party of Azania 5,023 0.18 +0.07 0 0 0
Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 4,980 0.18 +0.18 0 0 0
Izwi Lethu Party[note 6] 4,858 0.18 +0.18 0 0 0
United Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 3,921 0.14 +0.14 0 0 0
Peace and Development Party[note 4] 3,154 0.12 +0.12 0 0 −1
Royal Loyal Progress[note 6] 3,141 0.11 +0.11 0 0 0
Independent African Movement[note 6] 1,546 0.06 +0.06 0 0 0
Total 2,741,265 100.00 80
Spoilt votes 41,300

Limpopo

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Limpopo Legislature election results[14]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−[note 7]
ANC 1,439,853 89.18 +0.89 45 +1
DA[note 3] 57,930 3.59 +2.17 2 +1
UDM 27,780 1.72 −0.79 1 0
ACDP 20,418 1.26 +0.16 1 0
PAC 15,222 0.94 −0.46 0 −1
Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity[note 4] 9,933 0.62 +0.62 0 0
VF+[note 5] 9,724 0.60 −0.44 0 0
Ximoko Party 9,587 0.59 −0.24 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 8,204 0.51 −0.03 0 0
NNP 7,443 0.46 −1.24 0 −1
United Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 3,477 0.22 +0.22 0 0
ID[note 4] 2,730 0.17 +0.17 0 0
National Action[note 4] 2,213 0.14 +0.14 0 0
Total 1,614,514 100.00 49
Spoilt votes 21,947

Mpumalanga

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature election results[15]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−[note 7]
ANC 959,436 86.30 +1.48 27 +1
DA[note 3] 77,119 6.94 +2.46 2 +1
VF+[note 5] 13,732 1.24 −0.87 1 0
ACDP 12,065 1.09 −0.03 0 0
UDM 11,161 1.00 −0.42 0 −1
IFP 10,643 0.96 −0.46 0 0
PAC 7,668 0.69 +0.04 0 0
Sindawonye Progressive Party 5,925 0.53 +0.15 0 0
NNP 5,122 0.46 −2.02 0 −1
ID[note 4] 3,406 0.31 +0.31 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 2,113 0.19 +0.09 0 0
United Christian Democratic Party 1,878 0.17 −0.06 0 0
Socialist Party of Azania[note 6] 1,424 0.13 +0.13 0 0
Total 1,111,692 100.00 30
Spoilt votes 17,792

North West

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 North West Provincial Legislature election results[16]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−[note 7]
ANC 1,048,089 80.71 +1.74 27 0
United Christian Democratic Party 110,233 8.49 −1.08 3 0
DA[note 3] 64,925 5.00 +1.74 2 +1
VF+[note 5] 17,123 1.32 −0.57 1 0
ACDP 15,138 1.17 +0.23 0 0
UDM 12,513 0.96 −0.32 0 0
PAC 10,923 0.84 +0.10 0 0
ID[note 4] 5,709 0.44 +0.44 0 0
NNP 5,592 0.43 −1.86 0 −1
Azanian People's Organisation[note 6] 3,718 0.29 +0.29 0 0
IFP 3,211 0.25 −0.27 0 0
National Action[note 4] 1,389 0.11 +0.11 0 0
Total 1,298,563 100.00 33
Spoilt votes 23,224

Northern Cape

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Northern Cape Provincial Legislature election results[17]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−[note 7]
ANC 219,365 68.83 +4.51 21 +1
DA[note 3] 35,297 11.08 +6.31 3 +2
NNP 23,970 7.52 −16.65 2 −6
ID[note 4] 22,485 7.06 +7.06 2 +2
ACDP 5,995 1.88 +0.35 1 +1
VF+[note 5] 4,948 1.55 −0.63 1 0
Azanian People's Organisation 1,645 0.52 +0.10 0 0
UDM 1,431 0.45 −0.45 0 0
PAC 1,381 0.43 −0.23 0 0
United Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 1,042 0.33 +0.33 0 0
IFP 751 0.24 −0.29 0 0
Cape People's Congress[note 6] 392 0.12 +0.12 0 0
Total 318,702 100.00 30
Spoilt votes 5,192

Western Cape

e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Western Cape Provincial Parliament election results[18]
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− from last
election[note 1] 		+/− from before
this election[note 2]
ANC 709,052 45.25 +3.18 19 +1 −3
DA[note 3] 424,832 27.11 +15.20 12 +7 +5
NNP 170,469 10.88 −27.51 5 −12 −5
ID[note 4] 122,867 7.84 +7.84 3 +3 +3
ACDP 53,934 3.44 +0.65 2 +1 0
UDM 27,489 1.75 −0.64 1 0 +1
Africa Muslim Party 11,019 0.70 +0.10 0 0 0
New Labour Party[note 4] 10,526 0.67 +0.67 0 0 −1
VF+[note 5] 9,705 0.62 +0.22 0 0 0
PAC 6,524 0.42 −0.07 0 0 0
United Christian Democratic Party[note 6] 3,575 0.23 +0.23 0 0 0
Green Party of South Africa 3,317 0.21 +0.06 0 0 0
Peace and Justice Congress[note 4] 3,278 0.21 +0.21 0 0 0
National Action[note 4] 2,248 0.14 +0.14 0 0 0
IFP 2,222 0.14 −0.04 0 0 0
Cape People's Congress[note 6] 1,960 0.13 +0.13 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation[note 6] 1,455 0.09 +0.09 0 0 0
Moderate Independent Party[note 6] 953 0.06 +0.06 0 0 0
Peace and Development Party[note 4] 789 0.05 +0.05 0 0 0
Universal Party[note 6] 735 0.05 +0.05 0 0 0
Total 1,566,949 100.00 42
Spoilt votes 15,554

NCOP seats

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten elected by each provincial legislature. The Members of NCOP have to be elected in proportion to the party membership of the provincial legislature.

e • d Determination of delegates to the National Council of Provinces after the 14 April 2004 provincial elections[19]
Party Delegate type EC FS G KZN L M NW NC WC Total
style="width: 4px;background-color:Template:African National Congress/meta/color" rowspan=2| [[African National Congress|Template:African National Congress/meta/shortname]] Permanent 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 2 35 65
Special 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 2 30
style="width: 4px;background-color:Template:Democratic Alliance (South Africa)/meta/color" rowspan=2| [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Template:Democratic Alliance (South Africa)/meta/shortname]] Permanent 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 10 12
Special 1 1 2
style="width: 4px;background-color:Template:Inkatha Freedom Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| [[Inkatha Freedom Party|Template:Inkatha Freedom Party/meta/shortname]] Permanent 1 2 3 5
Special 2 2
style="width: 4px;background-color:Template:Independent Democrats/meta/color" rowspan=2| [[Independent Democrats|Template:Independent Democrats/meta/shortname]] Permanent 1 1 2
Special 1 1
NNP Permanent 1 1 2
ACDP Special 1 1
VF+ Permanent 1 1
United Christian Democratic Party Permanent 1 1
UDM Permanent 1 1
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 90

Notes to the tables

  1. ^ As Democratic Party.
  1. ^ a b c d e Change in seats compared to the composition of the legislature after the election of 2 June 1999.
  2. ^ a b c d e Change in seats compared to the composition of the legislature after the floor-crossing period that ended on 4 April 2003.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Successor to the Democratic Party.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Party did not contest the previous election to this legislature, having been created during the floor-crossing period of 2003.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Successor to the Freedom Front and the Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Party did not contest the previous election to this legislature.
  7. ^ a b c d e No members of this legislature crossed the floor during the 2003 floor-crossing period.
  8. ^ Successor to the Freedom Front, the Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging, and the Conservative Party.

References

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  10. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Eastern Cape". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  11. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Free State". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  12. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Gauteng". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  13. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - KwaZulu-Natal". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  14. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Limpopo". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  15. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Mpumalanga". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  16. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - North West". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  17. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Northern Cape". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  18. ^ "April 14, 2004 General Election Results - Western Cape". Election Resources on the Internet. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  19. ^ John Kane-Berman; et al. (2004). South Africa Survey 2003/04. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 462. ISBN 9780869824764.

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