OPINION

2014 elections: Western Cape results

DA retains control of province with 59,4% of the vote, ANC trails with 32,9% (with seat allocation)

The Democratic Alliance has retained control of the Western Cape in the 2014 provincial elections winning 59,4% of the vote. The African National Congress came in second with 32,9% of the vote, followed by the Economic Freedom Fighters with 2,11%. The DA did slightly better on the provincial ballot in the Western Cape than it did on the national one, and the ANC slightly worse.

In the 2009 elections the DA won the province with 1 012 568 votes (51,46%), followed by the ANC with 620 918 votes (31,55%), COPE with 152 346 votes (7,74%), the ID with 92 116 votes (4,68%), and the ACDP with 28,995 votes (1,47%). The ID subsequently merged into the DA. The combined number of votes received by the DA and ID in 2009 was 1 104 684 (56.1%) (see here).

 

National ballot

Provincial ballot

Legislature seats

 

Votes

% Votes

No. of Votes

% Votes

Seat allocation

% of seats

DA

1 241 424

57.30%

1 259 645

59.38%

26

61.9%

ANC

737 219

34.00%

697 664

32.89%

14

33.3%

EFF

50 280

2.30%

44 762

2.11%

1

2.4%

ACDP

25 318

1.20%

21 696

1.02%

1

2.4%

AL JAMA-AH

11 376

0.50%

13 182

0.62%

 

 

COPE

13 833

0.60%

12 520

0.59%

 

 

ICOSA

11 124

0.50%

11 949

0.56%

 

 

VF Plus

23 243

1.10%

11 587

0.55%

 

 

UDM

13 052

0.60%

10 199

0.48%

 

 

PA

7 996

0.40%

8 510

0.40%

 

 

AIC

6 987

0.30%

6 508

0.31%

 

 

AGANG SA

9 927

0.50%

6 398

0.30%

 

 

PAC

3 963

0.20%

3 591

0.17%

 

 

NP

 

 

2 694

0.13%

 

 

APC

1 491

0.10%

1 291

0.06%

 

 

ANP

 

 

1 249

0.06%

 

 

IPO

 

 

1 180

0.06%

 

 

UCDP

1 153

0.10%

1 158

0.05%

 

 

IFP

1 127

0.10%

1 078

0.05%

 

 

AZAPO

951

0.00%

844

0.04%

 

 

NFP

1 048

0.00%

763

0.04%

 

 

SAPCO

 

 

642

0.03%

 

 

FINLA

623

0.00%

635

0.03%

 

 

KGM

524

0.00%

490

0.02%

 

 

SCA

 

 

478

0.02%

 

 

PAL

382

0.00%

440

0.02%

 

 

BRA

235

0.00%

 

 

 

 

FN

573

0.00%

 

 

 

 

KISS

421

0.00%

 

 

 

 

MF

398

0.00%

 

 

 

 

PAM

302

0.00%

 

 

 

 

UBUNTU

2 211

0.10%

 

 

 

 

UNICO

206

0.00%

 

 

 

 

WASP

760

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valid votes

2 168 147

 

2 121 153

 

 

 

Spoilt ballots

20 089

 

18 937

 

 

 

Votes cast

2 188 236

 

2 140 090

 

 

 

Registered voters

2 941 333

 

2 941 333

 

 

 

Turnout

74.40%

 

72.80%

 

 

 

Source: IEC

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