‹ 1999  2009 › | | South African general election, 2004 | | All 400 seats to the National Assembly of South Africa | | April 14, 2004 | | First party | Second party | |  |  | | | Leader | Thabo Mbeki | Tony Leon | | Party | ANC | DA | | Last election | 266 seats, 66.35% | 38 seats, 9.56% | | Seats won | 279 | 50 | | Seat change | +13 | +12 | | Popular vote | 10,880,915 | 1,931,201 | | Percentage | 69.69% | 12.37% | | Swing | +3.34% | +2.81% | | | | | | Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. 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. Two hundred 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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5] 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, 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. [edit] Final results e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 South African National Assembly election results | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 10,880,915 | 69.69 | +3.34 | 279 | +13 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 1,931,201 | 12.37 | +2.81 | 50 | +12 | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 1,088,664 | 6.97 | -1.61 | 28 | -6 | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 355,717 | 2.28 | -1.14 | 9 | -5 | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 269,765 | 1.7 | +1.7 | 7 | +7 | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 257,824 | 1.65 | -5.22 | 7 | -21 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 250,272 | 1.60 | +0.17 | 7 | +1 | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 139,465 | 0.89 | -0.20 | 4 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 117,792 | 0.75 | -0.03 | 3 | - | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 113,512 | 0.73 | +0.02 | 3 | - | | Minority Front (MF) | Amichand Rajbansi | 55,267 | 0.35 | +0.05 | 2 | +1 | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 39,116 | 0.25 | +0.08 | 1 | - | | Christian Democratic Party (CDP) | Ra Du Plooy | 17,619 | 0.11 | +0.11 | 0 | - | | National Action (South Africa) (NA) | Jacobus Frederick Jonker | 15,804 | 0.10 | +0.10 | 0 | - | | Peace and Justice Congress (PJC) | Muhammed Rashad Khan | 15,187 | 0.10 | +0.10 | 0 | - | | Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) | Tiyani Lybon Mabasa | 14,853 | 0.10 | +0.04 | 0 | - | | New Labour Party (NLP) | Colin Francois du Sart | 13,318 | 0.09 | +0.09 | 0 | - | | United Front (UF) | T. D. Hlatshwayo | 11,889 | 0.08 | +0.08 | 0 | - | | Employment Movement of South Africa (EMSA) | M. Reitz | 10,446 | 0.07 | +0.07 | 0 | - | | The Organisation Party (TOP) | Bradford Wood | 7,531 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | - | | Keep It Straight and Simple (KISS) | C.C. Emary | 6,514 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | - | | Total | 15,612,671 | 100.0 | | 400 | 0 | [edit] Contested seat The first official results were successfully challenged by the ACDP, resulting in them gaining one of the two seats previously awarded to AZAPO. Thus AZAPO only got one seat.[6] [edit] Corruption allegations South African national police commissioner Jackie Selebi told the South African Parliamentary ad hoc committee on safety and security that the police had arrested a group of people alleged to have links with Al-Qaida five days before the elections suspected to be trying to disrupt the election. Work by the South African police service led to the arrests of people in Jordan, Syria, and the United Kingdom. Quantities of South African passports were found in London indicating corruption in the Department of Home Affairs [1] [edit] Provincial elections Elections for the nine provincial parliaments were held at the same time as for the National Assembly. [edit] Eastern Cape e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Eastern Cape Provincial Parliament election results[7][8] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 1,768,987 | 79.27 | 51 | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 205,993 | 9.23 | 6 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 163,785 | 7.34 | 5 | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 22,324 | 1.00 | 1 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 17,372 | 0.78 | - | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 17,314 | 0.78 | - | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 14,084 | 0.63 | - | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 5,692 | 0.26 | - | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 4,373 | 0.20 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 3,884 | 0.17 | - | | Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) | | 3,356 | 0.15 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 2,707 | 0.12 | - | | National Action (NA) | | 1,672 | 0.07 | 0 | | Total | 2,231,543 | 100.00 | 63 | [edit] Free State e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Free State Provincial Parliament election results[9][10] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 827,338 | 81.78 | 25 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 85,714 | 8.47 | 3 | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 24,946 | 2.47 | 1 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 13,119 | 1.30 | 1 | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 11,969 | 1.18 | - | | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa (DPSA) | | 9,806 | 0.97 | - | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 8,947 | 0.88 | - | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 8,295 | 0.82 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 7,825 | 0.77 | - | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 5,289 | 0.52 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 3,571 | 0.35 | - | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 3,563 | 0.35 | - | | National Action (NA) | | 1,224 | 0.12 | - | | Total | 1,027,401 | 100.00 | ' | [edit] Gauteng e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Gauteng Provincial Parliament election results[11] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 2,331,121 | 68.40 | 51 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 708,081 | 20.78 | 15 | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 85,500 | 2.51 | 2 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 55,991 | 1.64 | 1 | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 51,921 | 1.52 | 1 | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 45,648 | 1.34 | 1 | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 33,644 | 0.99 | 1 | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 29,076 | 0.85 | 1 | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 25,992 | 0.76 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 8,857 | 0.26 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 8,670 | 0.25 | - | | Christian Democratic Party (CDP) | | 7,773 | 0.23 | - | | National Action (NA) | | 4,712 | 0.14 | - | | Peace and Justice Congress (PJC) | | 3,208 | 0.09 | - | | Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) | | 3,191 | 0.09 | - | | Economic Freedom Movement (EFM) | | 1,862 | 0.05 | - | | Pro-Death Penalty Party (PDPP) | | 1,825 | 0.05 | - | | Black People's Convention (BPC) | | 1,236 | 0.04 | - | | Total | 3,408,308 | 100.00 | 73 | [edit] Kwazulu-Natal e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Parliament election results[12] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 1,287,823 | 46.98 | 38 | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 1,009,267 | 36.82 | 30 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 228,857 | 8.35 | 7 | | Minority Front (MF) | Amichand Rajbansi | 71,450 | 2.61 | 2 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 48,892 | 1.78 | 2 | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 20.546 | 0.75 | 1 | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 14,218 | 0.52 | - | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 13,556 | 0.49 | - | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 7,764 | 0.28 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 7,061 | 0.26 | - | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 5,118 | 0.19 | - | | Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) | | 5.023 | 0.18 | - | | Christian Democratic Party (CDP) | | 4,980 | 0.18 | - | | Izwi Lethu Party (ILP) | | 4,858 | 0.18 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 3,921 | 0.14 | - | | Peace and Development Party (PDP) | | 3.154 | 0.12 | - | | Independent African Movement (IAM) | | 1,546 | 0.06 | - | | Total | 2,741,265 | 100.00 | 0 |
[edit] Limpopo e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Limpopo Provincial Parliament election results[13] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 1,439,853 | 89.18 | 45 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 57,930 | 3.59 | 2 | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 27,780 | 1.72 | 1 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 20,418 | 1.26 | 1 | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 15,222 | 0.94 | - | | Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity (ADP) | | 9,933 | 0.62 | - | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 9,724 | 0.60 | - | | Ximoko Party | | 9,587 | 0.59 | - | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 7,443 | 0.46 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 8,204 | 0.51 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 3,477 | 0.22 | | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 2,730 | 0.17 | - | | National Action (NA) | | 2,213 | 0.14 | - | | Total | 1,614,514 | 100.00 | ' | [edit] Mpumalanga e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Mpumalanga Provincial Parliament election results[14][15] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 959,436 | 86.30 | 27 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 77,119 | 6.94 | 2 | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 13,732 | 1.24 | 1 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 12,065 | 1.09 | - | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 11,161 | 1.00 | - | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 10,643 | 0.96 | - | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 7,668 | 0.69 | - | | Sindawonye Progressive Party (SPP) | | 5,925 | 0.53 | - | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 5,122 | 0.46 | - | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 3,406 | 0.31 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 2,113 | 0.19 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 1,878 | 0.17 | - | | Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) | | 1,424 | 0.13 | - | | Total | 1,111,692 | 100.00 | ' | [edit] Northern Cape e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Northern Cape Provincial Parliament election results[16] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 219,365 | 68.83 | 21 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 35,297 | 11.08 | 3 | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 23,970 | 7.52 | 2 | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 22,485 | 7.06 | 2 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 5,995 | 1.88 | 1 | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 4,948 | 1.55 | 1 | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 1,645 | 0.52 | - | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 1,431 | 0.45 | - | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 1,381 | 0.43 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 1,042 | 0.33 | - | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 751 | 0.24 | - | | Cape People's Congress (CPC) | | 392 | 0.12 | - | | Total | 318,702 | 100.00 | ' | [edit] North-West e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 North-West Provincial Parliament election results[17] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 1,048,089 | 80.71 | 27 | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 110,233 | 8.49 | 3 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 64,925 | 5.00 | 2 | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 17,123 | 1.32 | 1 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 12,065 | 1.09 | - | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 12,513 | 0.96 | - | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 10,923 | 0.84 | - | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 5,709 | 0.44 | - | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 5,592 | 0.43 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 3,718 | 0.29 | - | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 3,211 | 0.25 | - | | National Action (NA) | Jacobus Frederick Jonker | 1,389 | 0.11 | - | | Total | 1,298,563 | 100.00 | ' | [edit] Western Cape e • d Summary of the 14 April 2004 Western Cape Provincial Parliament election results[18] | Parties | Leaders | Votes | % | Seats | | African National Congress (ANC) | Thabo Mbeki | 709,052 | 45.25 | 19 | | Democratic Alliance (DA) | Tony Leon | 424,832 | 27.11 | 12 | | New National Party (NNP) | Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 170,469 | 10.88 | 5 | | Independent Democrats (ID) | Patricia de Lille | 122,867 | 7.84 | 3 | | African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | Kenneth Meshoe | 53,934 | 3.44 | 2 | | United Democratic Movement (UDM) | Bantu Holomisa | 27,489 | 1.75 | 1 | | Africa Muslim Party (AMP) | | 11,019 | 0.70 | - | | New Labour Party (NLP) | Colin Francois du Sart | 10,526 | 0.67 | - | | Freedom Front Plus (FF+) | Pieter Mulder | 9.705 | 0.62 | - | | Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | Motsoko Pheko | 6.254 | 0.42 | - | | United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) | Lucas Mangope | 3,575 | 0.23 | - | | Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) | Judy Sole | 3,317 | 0.21 | - | | Peace and Justice Congress (PJC) | Muhammed Rashad Khan | 3,278 | 0.21 | - | | National Action (NA) | | 2,248 | 0.14 | - | | Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) | Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 2,222 | 0.14 | - | | Cape People's Congress (CPC) | | 1,960 | 0.13 | - | | Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) | Mosibudi Mangena | 1,455 | 0.09% | - | | Moderate Independent Party (MIP) | | 953 | 0.06 | - | | Peace and Development Party (PDP) | | 789 | 0.05 | - | | Universal Party (UP) | | 735 | 0.05 | - | | Total | 1,566,949 | 100.00 | 42 |
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