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2004 National and Provincial Elections

Held on 14 April 2004. 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.

National ballot: results

Elects the National Assembly from national party lists (from 2024, 200 of its 400 seats; before 2024, all 400 seats).

2004 National and Provincial Elections — National ballotShare of valid votes, national ballot; sums of 16 972 voting-district results
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC10 880 91569,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIEDA1 931 20112,4%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP1 088 6647,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTUDM355 7172,3%
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATSID269 7651,7%
NUWE NASIONALE PARTY/NEW NATIONAL PARTYNNP257 8241,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYACDP250 2721,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSVF Plus139 4650,9%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYUCDP117 7920,8%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAPAC113 5120,7%
MINORITY FRONTMF55 2670,4%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONAZAPO39 1160,3%
Others (9 together)113 1610,7%
Show all 21 parties and contestants
All 21 parties and contestantsShare of valid votes, national ballot; sums of 16 972 voting-district results
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC10 880 91569,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIEDA1 931 20112,4%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP1 088 6647,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTUDM355 7172,3%
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATSID269 7651,7%
NUWE NASIONALE PARTY/NEW NATIONAL PARTYNNP257 8241,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYACDP250 2721,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSVF Plus139 4650,9%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYUCDP117 7920,8%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAPAC113 5120,7%
MINORITY FRONTMF55 2670,4%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONAZAPO39 1160,3%
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYCDP17 6190,1%
NASIONALE AKSIENA15 8040,1%
PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGRESSP.J.C.15 1870,1%
THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AZANIASOPA14 8530,1%
NEW LABOUR PARTY13 3180,1%
UNITED FRONTU.F.11 8890,1%
THE EMPLOYMENT MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICAEMSA10 4460,1%
THE ORGANISATION PARTYT.O.P.7 5310,0%
KEEP IT STRAIGHT AND SIMPLEKISS6 5140,0%

Key figures

National ballot · 2004

Valid votes
15 612 671
Turnout
76,7%
Votes cast
15 863 558
Spoilt votes
250 887
Registered voters
20 674 923
Ballots
1

Compare with another national & Provincial election

1999 and 20042004 and 2009

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No map for this election

Boundary geometry for the areas of 2004 is not held. Areas change between elections, so these results are never drawn on today's boundaries; they are listed by area below.

KwaZulu-Natal: by municipal area

Municipal areas as the official results list them for this election

All provinces
Show share of:ANCDAIFPUDMIDNNPACDPVF Plus
2004 National and Provincial Elections — National ballot — KwaZulu-NatalValid votes, turnout and party shares per municipal area
Municipal areaValid votesTurnoutANCMost votes
Dannhauser [Durnacol]46 voting districts summed23 96969,6%32,0%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 51,6%
Durban Metro [Durban Metro]756 voting districts summed978 38072,1%59,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 59,1%
eDumbe [Paulpietersburg]35 voting districts summed19 69677,2%28,0%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 60,8%
Emnambithi [Ladysmith]79 voting districts summed64 97775,1%58,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 58,2%
Hibiscus Coast [Port Shepstone]98 voting districts summed81 21078,3%61,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 61,8%
Hlabisa [Somkele]71 voting districts summed50 56074,5%14,4%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 81,2%
Imbabazane [Loskop]47 voting districts summed30 83975,1%31,3%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 58,0%
Indaka [Waaihoek]54 voting districts summed27 22377,9%17,3%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 74,9%
Inyala/Mtubatuba [Mtubatuba]11 voting districts summed11 58772,2%34,6%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 51,9%
Izingolweni [Izingolweni]33 voting districts summed14 89975,9%53,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 53,3%
Khiphinkunzi [Umzumbe]103 voting districts summed47 91673,3%55,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 55,6%
KZ212 [Scottburgh]27 voting districts summed23 11072,9%48,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 48,5%
KZ221 [Wartburg]45 voting districts summed28 20873,9%64,4%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 64,4%
KZ222 [Howick]28 voting districts summed27 02477,7%62,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 62,6%
KZ223 [Mooirivier]19 voting districts summed9 99274,3%61,4%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 61,4%
KZ224 [Impendle]25 voting districts summed8 43568,3%61,0%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 61,0%
KZ225 [Pietermaritzburg]172 voting districts summed170 88473,9%65,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 65,5%
KZ226 [Camperdown]35 voting districts summed18 07773,9%55,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 55,2%
KZ227 [Richmond]25 voting districts summed18 33377,2%73,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 73,6%
KZ241 [Dundee]16 voting districts summed15 23974,3%50,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 50,2%
KZ242 [Nqutu]65 voting districts summed34 83273,7%19,5%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 67,8%
KZ263 [Vryheid]82 voting districts summed50 58473,0%26,0%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 58,8%
KZ272 [Mkuze]69 voting districts summed44 11174,5%21,8%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 73,3%
KZ292 [Stanger]43 voting districts summed53 29673,9%61,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 61,5%
KZ5a1 [Creighton]61 voting districts summed26 58973,8%50,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 50,6%
KZ5a2 [Underberg]8 voting districts summed4 80372,7%65,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 65,1%
KZ5a3 [Matatiele]4 voting districts summed5 86577,1%80,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 80,1%
KZ5a4 [Kokstad]15 voting districts summed16 75482,3%82,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 82,3%
KZ5a5 [Ixopo]60 voting districts summed29 01574,2%59,4%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 59,4%
KZDMA22 [HIGHMOOR/KAMBERG PARK]1 voting district summed3856,7%28,9%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE 39,5%
KZDMA23 [GAINTS CASTLE GAME RESERVE]3 voting districts summed19577,9%27,2%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 44,6%
KZDMA27 [ST LUCIA PARK]7 voting districts summed1 43456,2%31,5%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 47,6%
KZDMA43 [MKHOMAZI WILDERNESS AREA]2 voting districts summed37780,9%61,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 61,8%
Mandeni [Mandeni]44 voting districts summed38 44969,6%52,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 52,2%
Maphumulo [Maphumulo]81 voting districts summed29 23675,1%25,6%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 68,5%
Mbonambi [KwaMbonambi]40 voting districts summed32 52174,2%37,3%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 53,4%
Mthonjaneni [Melmoth]23 voting districts summed14 22671,3%17,0%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 75,9%
Ndwedwe [Ndwedwe]104 voting districts summed45 47973,0%39,6%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 52,9%
Newcastle [Newcastle]79 voting districts summed86 72669,9%50,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 50,3%
Nkandla [Nkandla]70 voting districts summed33 73975,0%7,9%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 88,2%
Nongoma [Nongoma]84 voting districts summed52 93778,1%3,9%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 93,0%
Ntambanana [Ntambanana]33 voting districts summed21 40776,6%20,6%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 73,8%
Okhahlamba [Bergville]77 voting districts summed32 91773,7%25,2%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 57,0%
Ulundi [Ulundi]118 voting districts summed64 41082,3%4,3%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 92,5%
Umhlabuyalingana [Emangusi]63 voting districts summed33 74171,4%38,7%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 55,6%
uMhlathuze [Richards Bay]85 voting districts summed84 77871,7%48,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 48,3%
Umlalazi [Eshowe]105 voting districts summed65 46873,2%21,3%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 71,6%
Umsinga [Pomeroy]119 voting districts summed45 73074,9%11,9%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 82,0%
Umtshezi [Estcourt]32 voting districts summed21 07978,9%33,0%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 53,9%
uMuziwabantu [Harding]46 voting districts summed25 35977,2%66,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 66,1%
Umvoti [Greytown]44 voting districts summed26 88871,6%36,2%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 52,7%
Umzinene [Hluhluwe]15 voting districts summed9 11078,0%27,8%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 64,7%
uPhongolo [Pongola]55 voting districts summed30 64375,1%30,1%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 60,2%
Utrecht [Utrecht]24 voting districts summed7 64972,9%37,4%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 43,2%
Vulamehlo [Dududu]70 voting districts summed24 25770,8%50,0%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 50,0%
Unassigned (listed as NULL), KwaZulu-Natal1 voting district summed3–33,3%NUWE NASIONALE PARTY/NEW NATIONAL PARTY 33,3%

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 ballotRecorded279 results
  • Provincial ballotRecorded270 results

Boundaries and comparisons

Areas of the 2000 municipal delimitation; 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

  • Municipal areas are the 2000 municipalities, as the IEC file lists them. No boundary geometry is held for this election's municipal areas: results are shown as tables, never drawn on today's boundaries.

Source issues

  • Cross-boundary municipalities (codes CBLC…) are listed under each province they straddled; each part is kept as its own reporting unit, named as a part. In each province one voting district is listed with the municipality "NULL"; it is kept as listed ("Unassigned (listed as NULL)").

How it was read and checked

  • Election date: Polling day as the IEC results portal names the event ("14 APR 2004 NATIONAL ELECTION").
  • 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).
  • National ballotReconciled with the IEC's results report (IEC 2004 National Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 25/09/2013 02:02:36 PM): all 250 figures compared (each party's votes per province and in total; valid, spoilt and cast votes and registered voters) agree exactly.
  • Provincial ballotReconciled with the IEC's results report (IEC 2004 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 25/09/2013 01:59:52 PM): all 370 figures compared (each party's votes per province and in total; valid, spoilt and cast votes and registered voters) agree exactly.

Sources

The official files behind these results

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
DocumentRoleRetrievedSHA-256
IEC 2004 National and Provincial Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2004-NPE.zip · 3 919 KBResults dataLoaded8 October 2026c6a5cb39f3c4316a…
IEC 2004 National Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · rr-national.pdf · 23 KB · results as at 25/09/2013 02:02:36 PM · All provinces: party votes per province and in totalResults reportUsed to check totals8 October 20262c7570132b3b2c19…
IEC 2004 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · rr-provincial.pdf · 29 KB · results as at 25/09/2013 01:59:52 PM · All provinces: party votes per province and in totalResults reportUsed to check totals8 October 2026336f57f0c864f11d…

Turnout 76,7%