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National & ProvincialOfficial resultsIEC event 1

1999 National and Provincial Elections

Held on 2 June 1999. Results by municipal area, summed from the IEC's voting-district results. No boundary geometry is held for this election's areas, so its results are shown as tables.

Provincial ballot: results

Elects each province's legislature.

1999 National and Provincial Elections — Provincial ballotShare of valid votes, all 9 provincial ballots together; sums of 14 525 voting-district results
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC10 473 17565,9%
DEMOCRATIC PARTYDP1 416 3528,9%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP1 415 5418,9%
NEW NATIONAL PARTY1 141 3627,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTUDM535 9303,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYACDP219 4711,4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYUCDP144 6120,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT \ FREEDOM FRONT142 5380,9%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAPAC121 9200,8%
MINORITY FRONTMF86 7700,5%
FEDERAL ALLIANCEFA82 0580,5%
AFRIKANER EENHEIDSBEWEGINGAEB47 6450,3%
Others (13 together)76 3690,5%
Show all 25 parties and contestants
All 25 parties and contestantsShare of valid votes, all 9 provincial ballots together; sums of 14 525 voting-district results
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC10 473 17565,9%
DEMOCRATIC PARTYDP1 416 3528,9%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP1 415 5418,9%
NEW NATIONAL PARTY1 141 3627,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTUDM535 9303,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYACDP219 4711,4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYUCDP144 6120,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT \ FREEDOM FRONT142 5380,9%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAPAC121 9200,8%
MINORITY FRONTMF86 7700,5%
FEDERAL ALLIANCEFA82 0580,5%
AFRIKANER EENHEIDSBEWEGINGAEB47 6450,3%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONAZAPO22 3290,1%
XIMOKO PARTYXP13 8170,1%
AFRICA MORAL PARTY9 5130,1%
DABALORIVHUWA PATRIOTIC FRONTDPF8 2290,1%
THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AZANIASOPA6 6740,0%
SINDAWONYE PROGRESSIVE PARTYSPP4 3180,0%
UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR ALLIANCEULA2 9740,0%
THE GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE GREEN PARTY2 4530,0%
MASS UNITED MOVEMENTMUM2 2610,0%
NATIONAL COALITION PARTY/NASIONALE KOALISIE PARTYNACOPA1 1260,0%
LABOR PARTY1 0880,0%
PEOPLE'S LIBERATION PARTY9150,0%
WORKERS INTERNATIONAL VANGUARD LEAGUEWIVL6720,0%

Key figures

Provincial ballot · 1999

Valid votes
15 903 743
Turnout
88,8%
Votes cast
16 124 896
Spoilt votes
221 153
Registered voters
18 162 063
Ballots
9

Compare with another national & Provincial election

1994 and 19991999 and 2004

Only elections of the same type are compared.

No map for this election

Boundary geometry for the areas of 1999 is not held. Areas change between elections, so these results are never drawn on today's boundaries; they are listed by area below.

By province

Provinces as named on polling day

Show share of:ANCDPIFPNEW NATIONAL PARTYUDMACDPUCDPVRYHEIDSFRONT \ FREEDOM FRONT
1999 National and Provincial Elections — Provincial ballot — by provinceEach province's own legislature ballot
ProvinceValid votesTurnoutANCMost votes
Eastern Cape2 614 voting districts summed2 177 26690,0%73,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 73,8%
Free State1 068 voting districts summed1 090 90890,4%80,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 80,8%
Gauteng1 836 voting districts summed3 662 79089,2%67,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 67,8%
KwaZulu-Natal3 327 voting districts summed2 963 35887,4%39,4%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 41,9%
Limpopo1 934 voting districts summed1 658 69491,2%88,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 88,3%
Mpumalanga878 voting districts summed1 129 53690,1%84,9%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 84,9%
North West1 204 voting districts summed1 305 44187,2%79,0%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 79,0%
Northern Cape356 voting districts summed327 77288,2%64,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 64,3%
Western Cape1 308 voting districts summed1 587 97885,9%42,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 42,1%

Coverage and comparability

What this election's record holds, the delimitation its areas sit on, and which elections it may be compared with

The whole record

By ballot

  • National ballotRecorded805 results
  • Provincial ballotRecorded805 results

Boundaries and comparisons

Areas of the pre-2000 structures (no delimitation on record); no boundary geometry is held, so areas are listed by name and code and never drawn on another delimitation's map.

Nationally and by province this election compares with every other national & Provincial election. By municipality: no other election is on the same delimitation, so municipal results are listed per election and never side by side. Wards are compared only within one delimitation.

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About this record

Coverage, limitations, source issues and how the figures were checked

What the record holds

  • No boundary geometry is held for this election's municipal areas: results are shown as tables, never drawn on today's boundaries.

Historical context

  • Before the first democratic local elections of December 2000, local government consisted of transitional councils (TLCs, TRCs and others). The IEC file groups voting districts by these councils; they are kept as listed, as areas of their own period.

Source issues

  • The IEC results portal's "full election results" button for 1999 links to the 1994 document (NPE 1994.pdf). The 1999 file was retrieved from the IEC's own upload folder (1999 NPE.zip, 2.9 MB, matching the size the portal states).
  • The file names provinces as they are known today (e.g. LIMPOPO, then called Northern Province); kept as the IEC lists them.
  • National ballotThe voting-district file and the IEC's results report (IEC National Elections 1999 — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 17/12/2014 11:14:21 AM) differ in 8 of 200 figures, all in Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape. Mpumalanga, Western Cape agree exactly. The figures shown are the voting-district file's, as published; the report most likely reflects later corrections. Not adjusted; to raise with the IEC.
  • Provincial ballotThe voting-district file and the IEC's results report (IEC Provincial Elections 1999 — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 17/12/2014 01:43:34 PM) differ in 8 of 290 figures, all in Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape. Mpumalanga, Western Cape agree exactly. The figures shown are the voting-district file's, as published; the report most likely reflects later corrections. Not adjusted; to raise with the IEC.

How it was read and checked

  • Election date: Polling day as proclaimed in the Government Gazette. The IEC results files do not state the date and the proclamation is not yet among this election's captured documents.
  • Results are stored for each municipal area (and for votes cast abroad) as sums of the IEC's voting-district rows; the number of voting districts summed is stored with each figure. Voting-district detail is in the official file (SHA-256 recorded) but not loaded (storage policy, DATABASE §8.2).

Sources

The official files behind these results

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
DocumentRoleRetrievedSHA-256
IEC 1999 National and Provincial Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1999-NPE.zip · 2 876 KBResults dataLoaded8 October 2026985ac3bfba844851…
IEC National Elections 1999 — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · rr-national.pdf · 20 KB · results as at 17/12/2014 11:14:21 AM · All provinces: party votes per province and in totalResults reportUsed to check totals8 October 20264d3640c46fb6e213…
IEC Provincial Elections 1999 — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · rr-provincial.pdf · 25 KB · results as at 17/12/2014 01:43:34 PM · All provinces: party votes per province and in totalResults reportUsed to check totals8 October 20264592e4e8fa554145…

Turnout 88,8%