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DEMOCRATIC PARTY

A party as the official results list it (DP). Listed in 2 general elections, from 1994 to 1999.

General elections: 2
First listed: 1994
Latest: 1999
Abbreviation: DP

Also listed by abbreviation

The official 1994 results list parties on the national ballot by abbreviation only. A line with the same abbreviation is a separate record: DP (listed by abbreviation only). Its votes are not added to this party’s results.

Logo and colours

Party logos: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)

Colours: no verified record. The IEC’s results dashboards draw parties in display colours of their own choosing; they are not the party’s statement and are not used.

Leadership

No verified record currently available. Party office is recorded only where the party or an official register states it, with the date it states.

Electoral history

Votes and share in every election this record appears in

Results in every election recordedShare of valid votes on all ballots of that type in the election, including where the party was not listed. Changes compare elections of the same type on the same ballot.
Election	Ballot	Votes	Share	Change	On the ballot
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	1 416 352	8,9%	+6,1 ppsince 1994	9 of 9 provinces
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	1 527 337	9,6%	–	national ballot
1994 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	538 655	2,8%	–	9 of 9 provinces

Promises and actions

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Western Cape, 1999: by municipal area

Areas as that election's official results list them — never mapped onto today's boundaries

All provinces

1999 National and Provincial Elections · the party’s latest election with verified results

Western Cape — 1999, national ballotVotes and share of valid votes per municipal area
Municipal area	Votes	Share	Valid votes
ALBERTINIA TLC	76	4,4%	1 719
ASHTON TLC	221	6,0%	3 695
AURORA TLC	15	7,4%	204
BARRYDALE TLC	163	17,0%	960
BEAUFORT WEST TLC	371	3,4%	10 830
BEAUFORT WEST TRC	167	7,7%	2 170
BELVIDERE ESTATE TLC	210	75,8%	277
BITTERFONTEIN/ NUWERUS TLC	10	2,1%	479
BLAAUWBERG MLC	12 203	24,9%	49 082
BO-LANGKLOOF TRC	142	11,1%	1 274
BONNIEVALE TLC	145	6,4%	2 267
BOTRIVIER TLC	80	8,4%	955
BREDASDORP TLC	550	10,4%	5 270
BREDASDORP TRC	335	12,3%	2 731
BRENTON TLC	170	55,6%	306
CALEDON TRC	400	16,1%	2 485
CALEDON/MYDDLETON TLC	674	19,1%	3 526
CALITZDORP TLC	113	7,2%	1 574
CALITZDORP TRC	151	13,3%	1 132
CENTRAL CAPE TOWN MLC	56 403	14,9%	377 516
CERES TLC	412	5,1%	8 093
CITRUSDAL TLC	81	4,7%	1 712
CLANWILLIAM TLC	106	6,0%	1 780
CLANWILLIAM TRC	460	8,3%	5 532
DARLING TLC	149	6,1%	2 457
DE DOORNS TLC	89	3,1%	2 842
DE RUST/BLOMNEK TLC	31	3,0%	1 036
DORINGBAAI/STRANDFONTEIN TLC	13	2,9%	452
DYSSELDORP TLC	146	4,0%	3 647
EBENHAEZER TLC	6	1,2%	497
FRANSCHOEK TLC	272	10,4%	2 614
FRIEMERSHEIM TLC	6	1,7%	361
GANSBAAI TLC	397	10,8%	3 669
GENADENDAL TLC	106	10,0%	1 063
GEORGE TLC	6 105	14,6%	41 812
GOURITZ TLC	43	16,0%	268
GRAAFWATER TLC	17	2,7%	634
GRABOUW TLC	320	6,0%	5 378
GREATER HERMANUS TLC	2 163	18,0%	12 023
GREATER PLETTENBERG BAY TLC	2 296	23,0%	9 982
GREYTON TLC	149	31,0%	481
GROOT BRAKRIVIER TLC	396	14,8%	2 680
HAARLEM TLC	10	1,4%	704
HANGKLIP/ KLEINMOND TLC	575	16,7%	3 449
HEIDELBERG TLC	226	7,9%	2 877
HELDERBERG MLC	11 092	18,5%	59 859
HERBERTSDALE TLC	10	2,9%	344
HERMANUS TRC	129	25,7%	501
HOPEFIELD TLC	228	14,7%	1 551
KLAWER TLC	62	4,6%	1 351
KNOETZIE TLC	21	77,8%	27
KNYSNA TLC	2 860	20,9%	13 674
KORINGBERG TLC	29	13,1%	221
LADISMITH TLC	157	8,3%	1 881
LADISMITH TRC	145	11,1%	1 305
LAINGSBURG TLC	45	2,9%	1 561
LAINGSBURG TRC	61	7,7%	794
LAMBERTS BAY TLC	79	4,2%	1 869
LANGEBAAN TLC	459	26,8%	1 713
LANGEBERG TRC	361	8,9%	4 046
LEEU GAMKA TLC	4	0,5%	754
LUTZVILLE TLC	74	5,7%	1 291
MALMESBURY TLC	840	7,6%	10 995
MALMESBURY TRC	913	14,1%	6 476
MATROOSBERG TRC	904	6,2%	14 605
MCGREGOR TLC	57	8,9%	643
MONTAGU TLC	365	14,2%	2 578
MOORREESBURG TLC	336	12,6%	2 669
MOSSELBAAI TRC	140	7,0%	2 014
MOSSELBAY TLC	2 041	10,1%	20 144
MURRAYSBURG TLC	43	2,7%	1 578
MURRAYSBURG TRC	59	12,4%	477
NAPIER TLC	146	13,7%	1 067
NUWEBERG TRC	721	9,6%	7 542
OOSTENBERG MLC	10 693	12,6%	84 573
OUDTSHOORN TLC	1 659	8,7%	19 065
OUDTSHOORN TRC	237	7,4%	3 224
OUTENIQUA TRC	650	16,0%	4 064
PAARL TLC	3 913	8,0%	48 659
PAARL TRC	1 467	8,7%	16 847
PIKETBERG TLC	180	5,5%	3 258
PIKETBERG TRC	353	6,4%	5 512
PNIEL TLC	108	13,1%	823
PORTERVILLE TLC	105	5,5%	1 912
PRINCE ALBERT TLC	87	4,5%	1 921
PRINCE ALBERT TRC	57	5,7%	993
PRINCE ALFRED HAMLET TLC	120	8,8%	1 357
RAWSONVILLE TLC	80	11,8%	676
REDELINGHUYS TLC	6	4,1%	147
RHEENENDAL TLC	46	5,5%	836
RIETPOORT TLC	8	1,8%	454
RIVERSDALE TLC	201	4,6%	4 382
RIVIERSONDEREND TLC	128	12,1%	1 055
ROBERTSON TLC	460	7,6%	6 074
SARON TLC	34	2,0%	1 696
SEDGEFIELD TLC	903	35,7%	2 530
SLANGRIVIER TLC	24	2,8%	848
SOUTHERN PENINSULA MLC	39 010	29,3%	133 027
STANFORD TLC	167	15,1%	1 104
STELLENBOSCH TLC	7 245	22,2%	32 634
STELLENBOSCH TRC	1 077	14,4%	7 480
STILBAAI TLC	195	8,6%	2 276
STRUISBAAI TLC	100	7,8%	1 274
SUURBRAAK TLC	16	2,1%	768
SWELLENDAM TLC	628	13,7%	4 600
SWELLENDAM TRC	364	13,3%	2 728
TOUWS RIVER TLC	76	3,9%	1 965
TULBAGH TLC	108	4,1%	2 645
TYGERBERG MLC	37 769	10,9%	346 120
UNIONDALE TLC	85	5,9%	1 436
UNIONDALE TRC	163	13,8%	1 182
VANRHYNSDORP TLC	69	4,4%	1 586
VANRHYNSDORP TRC	55	5,5%	997
VANWYKSDORP TLC	18	8,3%	218
VELDDRIF TLC	296	9,8%	3 014
VILLIERSDORP TLC	173	7,0%	2 460
VREDENDAL TLC	259	5,9%	4 367
VREDENDAL TRC	149	4,0%	3 742
WELLINGTON TLC	1 516	9,8%	15 485
WEST COAST PENINSULA TLC	1 695	8,8%	19 178
WILDERNESS TLC	389	24,7%	1 572
WITZENBERG TRC	569	5,5%	10 366
WOLSELEY TLC	147	6,9%	2 133
WORCESTER TLC	2 573	8,7%	29 702
WYNLAND TRC	936	12,9%	7 246
YZERFONTEIN TLC	151	29,1%	519
ZOAR TLC	16	1,4%	1 167

All parties in the 1999 National and Provincial Elections

Names as listed

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Names and abbreviations as listedA different name in a later election would be a separate record unless a source links them
Name	As	Elections
Democratic Party	Name on the results	1994
DEMOCRATIC PARTY	Name on the results	1999
DP	Abbreviation in the results reports	1999

Manifestos

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Declared donations

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Sources

Every figure on this page is read from the approved official results of each election; nothing is entered by hand. Each election’s page lists the Electoral Commission’s files it was loaded from, with their fingerprints and how the totals were checked: 1994, 1999.

Record first created from IEC 1999 National and Provincial Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) · retrieved 8 October 2026 · approved 19 October 2026

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