Skip to content
Mandate SA — home
Search
Find my wardHow we work
Theme
National & ProvincialOfficial resultsIEC event 699

2019 National and Provincial Elections

Held on 8 May 2019. 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).

2019 National and Provincial Elections — National ballotShare of valid votes, national ballot; sums of 22 924 voting-district results
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC10 026 47557,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDA3 622 53120,8%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSEFF1 882 48010,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP588 8393,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSVF Plus414 8642,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYACDP146 2620,8%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTUDM78 0300,4%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENTATM76 8300,4%
GOOD70 4080,4%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNFP61 2200,4%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESSAIC48 1070,3%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLECOPE47 4610,3%
Others (36 together)373 8722,1%
Show all 48 parties and contestants
All 48 parties and contestantsShare of valid votes, national ballot; sums of 22 924 voting-district results
Party or contestant (as listed)VotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC10 026 47557,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDA3 622 53120,8%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSEFF1 882 48010,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP588 8393,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSVF Plus414 8642,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYACDP146 2620,8%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTUDM78 0300,4%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENTATM76 8300,4%
GOOD70 4080,4%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNFP61 2200,4%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESSAIC48 1070,3%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLECOPE47 4610,3%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAPAC32 6770,2%
AL JAMA-AHALJAMA31 4680,2%
AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESSASC26 2620,2%
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTYSRWP24 4390,1%
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRSTBLF19 7960,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTIONAPC19 5930,1%
AFRIKAN ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATSAASD18 8340,1%
CAPITALIST PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICAZACP15 9150,1%
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALLATA14 2660,1%
AGANG SOUTH AFRICAAGANGSA13 8560,1%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONAZAPO12 8230,1%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAICOSA12 3860,1%
MINORITY FRONTMF11 9610,1%
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESSDLC10 6600,1%
BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONBRA9 1790,1%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERYF4SD7 5640,0%
FRONT NASIONAAL/FRONT NATIONALFN7 1440,0%
LAND PARTYLAND7 0740,0%
AFRICAN COVENANTACO7 0190,0%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCEPA6 6600,0%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGEADEC6 4990,0%
ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUMECOFORUM6 3210,0%
WOMEN FORWARDWF6 1080,0%
CHRISTIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTCPM4 9800,0%
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENTACM4 8410,0%
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESSIRC4 2470,0%
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONTNAPF4 0190,0%
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITYARU3 8600,0%
AFRICAN CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATSA.C.D3 7680,0%
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIESSANCOTA3 7140,0%
COMPATRIOTS OF SOUTH AFRICACSA3 4060,0%
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTPRM2 8440,0%
POWER OF AFRICANS UNITYPAU2 6850,0%
FREE DEMOCRATSFREEDEMS2 5800,0%
SOUTH AFRICAN MAINTANANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATISAMEBA2 4450,0%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORSNPA1 9790,0%

Key figures

National ballot · 2019

Valid votes
17 437 379
Turnout
66,1%
Votes cast
17 672 851
Spoilt votes
235 472
Registered voters
26 756 058
Ballots
1

Compare with another national & Provincial election

2014 and 20192019 and 2024

Only elections of the same type are compared.

No map for this election

Boundary geometry for the areas of 2019 is not held. Areas change between elections, so these results are never drawn on today's boundaries; they are listed by area below.

Western Cape: by municipal area

Municipal areas as the official results list them for this election

All provinces
Show share of:ANCDAEFFIFPVF PlusACDPUDMATM
2019 National and Provincial Elections — National ballot — Western CapeValid votes, turnout and party shares per municipal area
Municipal areaValid votesTurnoutANCMost votes
Beaufort West25 voting districts summed15 48859,8%43,2%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 43,2%
Bergrivier24 voting districts summed17 78866,7%27,9%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 56,2%
Bitou18 voting districts summed19 70868,9%41,9%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 45,7%
Breede Valley58 voting districts summed48 06162,2%33,9%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 51,3%
Cape Agulhas17 voting districts summed13 86668,5%32,7%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 54,6%
Cederberg25 voting districts summed16 16763,5%46,8%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 46,8%
City of Cape Town803 voting districts summed1 389 88369,9%30,5%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 53,0%
Drakenstein73 voting districts summed89 01068,0%28,5%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 57,4%
George59 voting districts summed67 10065,7%32,1%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 50,2%
Hessequa25 voting districts summed23 21172,5%40,1%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 47,9%
Kannaland14 voting districts summed9 47465,0%20,8%INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA 37,6%
Knysna30 voting districts summed26 26665,4%38,1%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 48,8%
Laingsburg8 voting districts summed3 09669,7%44,7%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 44,7%
Langeberg37 voting districts summed25 04458,2%31,6%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 51,4%
Matzikama33 voting districts summed18 27259,9%40,3%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 45,2%
Mossel Bay33 voting districts summed44 85972,0%25,2%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 55,6%
Oudtshoorn38 voting districts summed28 47654,5%34,7%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 46,5%
Overstrand30 voting districts summed43 78976,5%24,2%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 53,4%
Prince Albert9 voting districts summed4 94966,9%34,6%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 57,2%
Saldanha Bay28 voting districts summed40 21768,1%32,4%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 52,6%
Stellenbosch47 voting districts summed62 56166,0%27,0%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 58,1%
Swartland40 voting districts summed30 99862,4%25,8%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 59,7%
Swellendam17 voting districts summed13 37668,7%42,6%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 47,3%
Theewaterskloof45 voting districts summed34 84960,6%38,8%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 45,3%
Witzenberg43 voting districts summed25 66254,9%44,1%AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 44,1%

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 ballotRecorded214 results
  • Provincial ballotRecorded213 results

Boundaries and comparisons

Areas of the 2016 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.

Compare parties over timePartiesPlaces

About this record

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

What the record holds

  • Municipal areas are the 2016 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

  • National ballotIn the national-ballot CSV, 912 rows have unquoted commas inside the voting-station name, which shifts their columns. They are read by anchoring on the numeric columns; every repaired row is counted in the ingestion record and the totals reconcile with the IEC's results report.
  • National ballotVotes cast abroad appear under two labels in the file, "Out of Country" and "Out of Country Voting". Both are kept as listed, as separate reporting areas.
  • National ballotThe voting-district file and the IEC's results report (IEC 2019 National Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 10/12/2019 02:43:19 PM) differ in 2 of 572 figures, all in Eastern Cape. Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape, votes cast abroad 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 2019 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 13/05/2019 04:22:34 PM) differ in 4 of 740 figures, all in Gauteng. Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, 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 2019 National Election — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · National.zip · 5 694 KBResults dataLoaded8 October 20268d3e8a3c40829732…
IEC 2019 Provincial Election — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · Provincial.zip · 3 938 KBResults dataLoaded8 October 2026bf75dc4682b7f8b2…
IEC 2019 National Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · rr-national.pdf · 45 KB · results as at 10/12/2019 02:43:19 PM · All provinces: party votes per province and in totalResults reportUsed to check totals8 October 202656c17208991b8423…
IEC 2019 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · rr-provincial.pdf · 52 KB · results as at 13/05/2019 04:22:34 PM · All provinces: party votes per province and in totalResults reportUsed to check totals8 October 2026fde0fa82d2bbecb1…
IEC 2019 National Election — Seat Calculation (PDF)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · seat-national.pdf · 109 KBSeat calculationReference8 October 2026529992dc04cb99bb…

Turnout 66,1%