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2009 National and Provincial Elections

Held on 22 April 2009. 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).

2009 National and Provincial Elections — National ballot
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS11 650 74865,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE2 945 82916,7%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE1 311 0277,4%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY804 2604,5%
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS162 9150,9%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT149 6800,8%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS146 7960,8%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY142 6580,8%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY66 0860,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA48 5300,3%
MINORITY FRONT43 4740,2%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION38 2450,2%
Others (14 together)170 4811,0%
Show all 26 parties and contestants
All 26 parties and contestants
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS11 650 74865,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE2 945 82916,7%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE1 311 0277,4%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY804 2604,5%
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS162 9150,9%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT149 6800,8%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS146 7960,8%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY142 6580,8%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY66 0860,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA48 5300,3%
MINORITY FRONT43 4740,2%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION38 2450,2%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION35 8670,2%
MOVEMENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY29 7470,2%
AL JAMA-AH25 9470,1%
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE11 6380,1%
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION10 8300,1%
NEW VISION PARTY9 2960,1%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT8 8720,1%
GREAT KONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA8 2710,0%
SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS6 0350,0%
KEEP IT STRAIGHT AND SIMPLE5 4400,0%
PAN AFRICANIST MOVEMENT5 4260,0%
ALLIANCE OF FREE DEMOCRATS5 1780,0%
WOMEN FORWARD5 0870,0%
A PARTY2 8470,0%

Key figures

Valid votes
17 680 729
Turnout
77,3%
Votes cast
17 919 966
Spoilt votes
239 237
Registered voters
23 181 997
Ballots
1

Compare with another national & Provincial election

No map for this election

Boundary geometry for the areas of 2009 is not held. Areas change between elections, so these results are never drawn on today's boundaries; they are listed by area below.

Limpopo: by municipal area

Municipal areas as the official results list them for this election

2009 National and Provincial Elections — National ballot — Limpopo
Municipal areaValid votesTurnoutANCMost votes
AGANANG [MOLETJI/MATLALA]38 24162,1%84,7%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 84,7%
BA-PHALABORWA [PHALABORWA]44 46776,7%84,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 84,2%
BELA-BELA [WARMBAD]20 69978,4%71,9%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 71,9%
BLOUBERG [BOCHUM/MY DARLING]42 36764,3%90,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 90,3%
FETAKGOMO [FETAKGOMO ]28 21870,4%86,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 86,6%
GREATER GIYANI [GIYANI]74 46470,0%91,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 91,6%
GREATER GROBLERSDAL [GROBLERSDAL]70 00967,5%88,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 88,5%
GREATER LETABA [DUIWELSKLOOF]67 93472,2%88,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 88,8%
GREATER MARBLE HALL [MARBLE HALL]34 75466,5%85,9%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 85,9%
GREATER TUBATSE [BURGERSFORT/OHRIGSTAD/EASTERN TUBATSE]85 65271,0%91,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 91,2%
GREATER TZANEEN [TZANEEN]121 01671,4%87,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 87,6%
LEPELE-NKUMPI [LEBOWAKGOMO]60 11564,5%82,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 82,5%
LEPHALALE [ELLISRAS]29 80874,7%82,0%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 82,0%
LIMDMA33 [KRUGER PARK]996106,5%66,0%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 66,0%
MAKHADO [LOUIS TRICHARDT]151 75968,3%86,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 86,6%
MAKHUDUTHAMAGA [NGWARITSI]75 10066,3%87,9%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 87,9%
MARULENG [HOEDSPRUIT]31 44670,8%81,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 81,5%
MODIMOLLE [NYLSTROOM]22 39679,6%71,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 71,8%
MOGALAKWENA [POTGIETERSRUS]87 99567,0%84,4%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 84,4%
MOLEMOLE [DENDRON/DIKGALE]29 98069,2%86,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 86,1%
MOOKGOPONG [NABOOMSPRUIT]11 37676,0%68,4%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 68,4%
MUSINA [MESSINA]14 81476,7%80,5%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 80,5%
MUTALE [MUTALE-MASISI]29 40570,3%89,6%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 89,6%
POLOKWANE [PIETERSBURG]163 97070,9%75,9%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 75,9%
THABAZIMBI [THABAZIMBI]27 58375,0%74,3%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 74,3%
THULAMELA [THOHOYANDOU]182 98469,4%89,0%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 89,0%
Votes cast abroad (Limpopo)88–36,4%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE 45,5%

Coverage and comparability

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

By ballot

  • National ballot
  • Provincial ballot

Boundaries and comparisons

Areas of the 2006 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.

About this record

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

What the record holds

  • Municipal areas are the 2006 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

  • Votes cast abroad are listed per province of registration ("<Province> - Out of Country"); each is kept as a reporting area within its province.
  • This file uses later municipal codes (KZN…, LIM…) for municipalities the IEC's 2006 local-election file lists as KZ… and NP…. Each file's codes are kept as listed; the two are not merged.

How it was read and checked

  • Election date: Polling day as the IEC results portal names the event ("22 APR 2009 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).
  • Reconciled with the IEC's results report (IEC 2009 National Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 25/09/2013 02:07:24 PM): all 300 figures compared (each party's votes per province and in total; valid, spoilt and cast votes and registered voters) agree exactly.
  • Reconciled with the IEC's results report (IEC 2009 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 25/09/2013 02:05:48 PM): all 420 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 record
DocumentRoleRetrievedSHA-256
IEC 2009 National and Provincial Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV)Results data8 October 202675c6cf58647e7e89…
IEC 2009 National Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Results report8 October 20261ba00eac7441084a…
IEC 2009 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Results report8 October 20266ec7d96f3d4c8bf0…

Turnout 77,3%