AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received 6,459,284 National Ballot votes (40.18% of valid votes), ranking 1 of 52 parties. The IEC final allocation assigned 159 National Assembly seats.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received 6,459,284 votes nationwide and ranked #1. That vote percentage is not presented as the seat formula.
The final 400-seat allocation is reproduced from the IEC seat-calculation report. National Assembly seats combine the 200 regional seats and 200 national proportional-representation seats under the official electoral system; they are not calculated from the National Ballot table alone.
Read the IEC electoral-system explanation ↗Each province name opens the complete 52-party result for that province.
| Province | Rank | Votes | Valid share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | #1 | 1,130,010 | 62.47% |
| Free State | #1 | 439,700 | 52.88% |
| Gauteng | #1 | 1,463,758 | 36.47% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | #2 | 619,531 | 17.62% |
| Limpopo | #1 | 1,061,696 | 74.23% |
| Mpumalanga | #1 | 598,952 | 51.89% |
| North West | #1 | 523,203 | 58.53% |
| Northern Cape | #1 | 196,146 | 49.30% |
| Western Cape | #2 | 424,756 | 21.34% |
| Out of Country | #3 | 1,532 | 3.92% |
These are historical final election and seat-allocation records. They do not establish the current membership roster after resignations, replacements, vacancies, or later party changes.
The vote table covers the National Ballot only; the separate Regional Ballot is not presented as a party-vote total on these pages.
