OPINION

2014 elections: National results

ANC wins 62,15% of the vote, followed by DA with 22,23% and EFF with 6,35% (with seat allocations)

The African National Congress of Jacob Zuma has won the 2014 national elections in South Africa with 62,15% of the vote, and some 11,4 million votes. The Democratic Alliance of Helen Zille has retained the title of official opposition winning 22,13% of the vote, and just over four million votes. The Economic Freedom Fighters of Julius Malema came in third with 6,35% of the vote, and over a million votes. See Table below. 73,5% of registered voters turned out to cast their ballots.

 

Votes

% Votes

National Assembly seats

% of NA seats

ANC

11 436 921

62.15%

249

62.25%

DA

4 091 584

22.23%

89

22.25%

EFF

1 169 259

6.35%

25

6.25%

IFP

441 854

2.40%

10

2.50%

NFP

288 742

1.57%

6

1.50%

UDM

184 636

1.00%

4

1.00%

VF Plus

165 715

0.90%

4

1.00%

COPE

123 235

0.67%

3

0.75%

ACDP

104 039

0.57%

3

0.75%

AIC

97 642

0.53%

3

0.75%

AGANG SA

52 350

0.28%

2

0.50%

PAC

37 784

0.21%

1

0.25%

APC

30 676

0.17%

1

0.25%

AL JAMA-AH

25 976

0.14%

 

 

MF

22 589

0.12%

 

 

UCDP

21 744

0.12%

 

 

AZAPO

20 421

0.11%

 

 

BRA

15 271

0.08%

 

 

ICOSA

14 472

0.08%

 

 

PA

13 263

0.07%

 

 

WASP

8 331

0.05%

 

 

UBUNTU

8 234

0.04%

 

 

KGM

6 408

0.03%

 

 

FN

5 138

0.03%

 

 

KISS

4 294

0.02%

 

 

PAM

3 815

0.02%

 

 

FINLA

3 297

0.02%

 

 

UNICO

3 136

0.02%

 

 

PAL

1 671

0.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valid votes cast

18 402 497

 

 

 

Spoilt Votes

252 274

 

 

 

Total Votes Cast

18 654 771

 

 

 

Registered Population

25 388 082

 

 

 

Turn out

73.50%

 

 

 

Source: IEC

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