The Republic of South Africa held its fourth one-person, one-vote general election on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. A history and description of the South African electoral system is presented here.

In addition, national- and provincial-level results are available here (and also in CSV format) for the following general elections:

More information about these elections is available here.

The statistics published here come from reports issued by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).

For any questions, comments or suggestions concerning the information available here, please send me a message.

The Republic of South Africa Electoral System Allocation of National Assembly Seats in the 2004 General Election General Elections April 14, 2004 Results by Provinces Compared Results, 2004 General Election Versus 1999 General Election June 2, 1999 Results by Provinces Results by Major Metropolitan Councils Compared Results, 1999 General Election Versus 1994 General Election April 26-29, 1994 Results by Provinces Results by Provinces and Districts Eastern Cape Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) KwaZulu/Natal North-West Northern Cape Northern Transvaal (subsequently the Northern Province; now Limpopo) Orange Free State Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (PWV; now Gauteng Province) Western Cape

Reference and Links Electoral Institute of Southern Africa Helen Suzman Foundation Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) Parliament of South Africa Policy and Law Online News SABC News South Africa Government Online Statistics South Africa

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