Election Resources on the Internet: Republic of South Africa 1994 General Election


	Election Resources on the Internet: Republic of South Africa 1994 General Election by Manuel Álvarez-Rivera

The results of South Africa's first one-person, one-vote election, held on April 26-29, 1994, are available in this space, organized by provinces and districts, listed by their names at the time of the election. Since then, several provinces have changed their names, namely Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga); Northern Transvaal (subsequently the Northern Province; now Limpopo); the Orange Free State (now the Free State); and Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (PWV; now Gauteng Province).

The statistics available here come from reports issued on May 26, 1994 by the IEC's Election Administration Directorate, courtesy of Andrew Reynolds.

A description of South Africa's electoral system is available here.

This site now features interactive election maps as well as a lookup facility for fast access to nationwide- and provincial-level 1994 and 1999 general election results.

	Provinces

	Eastern Cape
		Province Districts

	Eastern Transvaal
		Province Districts

	KwaZulu/Natal
		Province Districts

	North-West
		Province Districts

	Northern Cape
		Province Districts

	Northern Transvaal
		Province Districts

	Orange Free State
		Province Districts

	PWV
		Province Districts

	Western Cape
		Province Districts

Election Information and Statistics

The following political parties contested the 1994 election:

Acronym	Name
ACDP	African Christian Democratic Party
ADM	African Democratic Movement
AMCP	African Moderates Congress Party
AMP	Africa Muslim Party
ANC	African National Congress
DP	Democratic Party
DPSA	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa
FF-VF	Freedom Front
FP	Federal Party
GRP	Green Party
IFP	Inkatha Freedom Party
IP	Islamic Party
KISS	Keep It Straight and Simple Party
LUSO	Luso-South African Party
MF	Minority Front
MP	Merit Party
NP	National Party
PAC	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
RP	Right Party
SAWP	South African Women's Party
SOCCER	Sport Organisation for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights
UPF	United People's Front
WI	Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (SA)
WKFP	Wes-Kaap Federaliste Party
WLP	Workers' List Party
WRPP	Women's Rights Peace Party
XPP	Ximoko Progressive Party

The nationwide election totals were as follows:

Vote	National Assembly			Provincial Legislatures
Vote	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Total Spoilt Valid	19,726,610 193,112 19,533,498	0.98 99.02	400	19,633,571 147,841 19,485,730	0.75 99.25	425
ACDP ADM AMCP AMP ANC DP DPSA FF-VF FP GRP IFP IP KISS LUSO MF MP NP PAC RP SAWP SOCCER UPF WI WKFP WLP WRPP XPP	88,104 9,886 27,690 34,466 12,237,655 338,426 19,451 424,555 17,663 2,058,294 5,916 3,293 13,433 3,983,690 243,478 10,575 4,169 6,434 6,320	0.45 0.05 0.14 0.18 62.65 1.73 0.10 2.17 0.09 10.54 0.03 0.02 0.07 20.39 1.25 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.03	2 252 7 9 43 82 5	117,825 34,233 51,773 12,137,307 538,655 21,877 639,643 16,279 2,611 2,047,083 16,762 5,423 48,951 2,028 3,492,467 271,793 921 2,641 10,123 5,481 6,337 7,279 8,238	0.60 0.18 0.27 62.29 2.76 0.11 3.28 0.08 0.01 10.51 0.09 0.03 0.25 0.01 17.92 1.39 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04	3 266 12 14 44 1 82 3

Suggested Reading

Elections '94 South Africa: The Campaigns, Results and Future Prospects. Editor: A. Reynolds, Cape Town: Philip, 1994.

Launching Democracy in South Africa: The First Open Election, April 1994. Editors R.W. Johnson and L. Schlemmer. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.