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).
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Provincial ballot |
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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% |
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COPE |
13 833 |
0.60% |
12 520 |
0.59% |
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ICOSA |
11 124 |
0.50% |
11 949 |
0.56% |
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VF Plus |
23 243 |
1.10% |
11 587 |
0.55% |
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UDM |
13 052 |
0.60% |
10 199 |
0.48% |
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PA |
7 996 |
0.40% |
8 510 |
0.40% |
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AIC |
6 987 |
0.30% |
6 508 |
0.31% |
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AGANG SA |
9 927 |
0.50% |
6 398 |
0.30% |
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PAC |
3 963 |
0.20% |
3 591 |
0.17% |
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NP |
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2 694 |
0.13% |
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APC |
1 491 |
0.10% |
1 291 |
0.06% |
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ANP |
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1 249 |
0.06% |
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IPO |
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1 180 |
0.06% |
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UCDP |
1 153 |
0.10% |
1 158 |
0.05% |
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IFP |
1 127 |
0.10% |
1 078 |
0.05% |
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AZAPO |
951 |
0.00% |
844 |
0.04% |
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NFP |
1 048 |
0.00% |
763 |
0.04% |
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SAPCO |
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642 |
0.03% |
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FINLA |
623 |
0.00% |
635 |
0.03% |
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KGM |
524 |
0.00% |
490 |
0.02% |
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SCA |
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478 |
0.02% |
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PAL |
382 |
0.00% |
440 |
0.02% |
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BRA |
235 |
0.00% |
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FN |
573 |
0.00% |
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KISS |
421 |
0.00% |
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MF |
398 |
0.00% |
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PAM |
302 |
0.00% |
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UBUNTU |
2 211 |
0.10% |
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UNICO |
206 |
0.00% |
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WASP |
760 |
0.00% |
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Valid votes |
2 168 147 |
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2 121 153 |
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Spoilt ballots |
20 089 |
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18 937 |
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Votes cast |
2 188 236 |
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2 140 090 |
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Registered voters |
2 941 333 |
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2 941 333 |
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Turnout |
74.40% |
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72.80% |
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Source: IEC
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