South African general election, 1994

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Mural of the election in Cape Town.

The South African general election in 1994 was the first free election held after apartheid, therefore also the first held on a non-racial basis and with universal suffrage. The election was conducted under the direction of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).

Millions queued in lines over a three day voting period. Altogether 19,726,579 votes were counted and 193,081 were rejected as invalid. The African National Congress, whose slate incorporated the labor confederation COSATU and the South African Communist Party, fell slightly short of a two-thirds majority. ANC leaders opted to form a tripartite Government of National Unity with the National Party and the Inkhatha Freedom Party.

The date 27 April is now a public holiday in South Africa, Freedom Day.

1 National Assembly results
2 Provincial Legislatures results
3 See also
4 Sources

[edit] National Assembly results

Party (abbr.)	Votes	%	Seats
African National Congress (ANC)	12,237,655	62.6	252
National Party (NP)	3,983,690	20.4	82
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)	2,058,294	10.5	43
Freedom Front (FF-VF)	424,555	2.2	9
Democratic Party (DP)	338,426	1.7	7
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)	243,478	1.2	5
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)	88,104	0.5	2
Africa Muslim Party (AMP)	34,466	0.2
African Moderates Congress Party (AMCP)	27,690	0.1
Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa (DPSA)	19,451	0.1
Federal Party (FP)	17,663	0.1
Minority Front (MF)	13,433	0.1
Sport Organisation for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights (SOCCER)	10,575	0.1
African Democratic Movement (ADM)	9,886	0.1
Women's Rights Peace Party (WRPP)	6,434	0.0
Ximoko Progressive Party (XPP)	6,320	0.0
Keep It Straight and Simple Party (KISS)	5,916	0.0
Workers' List Party (WLP)	4,169	0.0
Luso-South African Party (LUSO)	3,293	0.0

[edit] Provincial Legislatures results

Political party	Votes	%	Seats
African National Congress (ANC)	12,137,307	62.3	266
National Party (NP)	3,492,467	17.9	82
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)	2,047,083	10.5	44
Freedom Front (FF-VF)	639,643	3.3	14
Democratic Party (DP)	538,655	2.8	12
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)	271,793	1.4	3
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)	117,825	0.6	3
Minority Front (MF)	48,951	0.3	1
Africa Muslim Party (AMP)	51,773	0.3
African Democratic Movement (ADM)	34,233	0.2
Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa (DPSA)	21,877	0.1
Islamic Party (IP)	16,762	0.1
Federal Party (FP)	16,279	0.1
United People's Front (UPF)	10,123	0.1
Ximoko Progressive Party (XPP)	8,238	0.0
Women's Rights Peace Party (WRPP)	7,279	0.0
Wes-Kaap Federaliste Party (WKFP)	6,337	0.0
Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (SA) (WI)	5,481	0.0
Luso-South African Party (LUSO)	5,423	0.0
South African Women's Party (SAWP)	2,641	0.0
Green Party (GRP)	2,611	0.0
Merit Party (MP)	2,028	0.0
Right Party (RP)	921	0.0