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2009-04-28 14:14:00
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Embassy Pretoria
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FINAL RESULTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL 22 ELECTION
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PRETORIA 000840
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SUBJECT: FINAL RESULTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL 22 ELECTION
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Summary
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SUBJECT: FINAL RESULTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL 22 ELECTION
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Summary
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1. (U) The April 22, 2009 national and provincial election
in South Africa saw the African National Congress (ANC)
earning the right to form the fourth consecutive government
since the end of apartheid in 1994. The ANC leader will be
its party president, JACOB Zuma, who will be inaugurated in
Pretoria on May 9, 2009. ZUMA has indicated that he will
only serve for one five-year term, though the constitution
allows the state president to serve for the limit of two
consecutive five-year terms. The results of the national and
provincial votes are recorded below.
2. (U) Helen Zille, after her Democratic Alliance (DA)
gained more votes than ever before, continues to be the
official opposition in Parliament. However, Zille will
resign as Mayor of Cape Town to become the Premier of the
Western Cape, as the DA won an outright majority in this
province. The efforts by the DA to woo black voters had a
positive result on their national vote total. The alienation
of the large white and coloured demographics in the Western
Cape gave the ANC its single largest electoral defeat in
fifteen years.
3. (U) The "new kids on the block," the Congress of the
People (COPE),translated their support to become the third
largest party in the country and the official opposition in
three provinces. COPE now has the potential to augment the
impact of opposition votes in Parliament in collaboration
with the DA to check the power of the ANC on specific pieces
of legislation.
4. (U) Smaller opposition parties fared badly in this
election with only a few of them retaining a presence in the
Parliament or in the nine Provincial Councils. There is now
likely to be the first consolidation of this new democracy's
voter preferences across the political landscape in which
three or four parties will dominate politics over the next
five years. End Summary.
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FINAL RESULTS FOR THE 2009 NATIONAL ELECTION
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PARTY VOTES % VOTE SEATS % SEATS
ANC 11,650,748 65.90% 264 66.00%
DA 2,945,829 16.66% 67 16.75%
COPE 1,311,027 7.42% 30 7.5%
IFP 804,260 4.55% 18 4.5%
OTHERS 21
Total Seats in National Parliament 400
(ANC) African National Congress
(DA) Democratic Alliance
(COPE) Congress of the People
(IFP) Inkatha Freedom Party
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - WESTERN CAPE
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DA 1,012,568 51.46% 22 52.38%
ANC 620,918 31.55% 14 33.33%
COPE 152,356 7.74% 3 7.14%
ID 92,118 4.68% 2 4.76%
ACDP 28,995 1.47% 1 2.38%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 42
(ID) Independent Democrats
(ACDP) African Christian Democratic Party
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - GAUTENG
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ANC 2,660,267 63.99% 47 65.28%
DA 908,616 21.86% 16 22.22%
COPE 323,327 7.78% 6 8.33%
Others 3
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Total Seats in Provincial Council 72
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - EASTERN CAPE
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ANC 1,552,676 68.82% 44 70.00%
COPE 308,439 13.67% 9 14.29%
DA 225,310 9.99% 6 9.52%
UDM 93,195 4.13% 3 4.75%
Others 1
Total Seats in Provincial Council 63
(UDM) United Democratic Movement
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - KWA-ZULU NATAL
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ANC 2,192,516 62.95% 51 63.75%
IFP 780,027 22.40% 18 22.50%
DA 318,559 9.15% 7 8.75%
MF 71,507 2.05% 2 2.50%
COPE 44,890 1.29% 1 1.25%
ACDP 23,537 0.68% 1 1.25%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 80
(MF) Minority Front
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - MPUMALANGA
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ANC 1,110,190 85.55% 27 90.00%
DA 97,204 7.49% 2 6.67%
COPE 37,789 2.91% 1 3.33%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 30
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - FREE STATE
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ANC 734,688 71.10% 22 73.33%
COPE 120.018 11.61% 4 13.22%
DA 119,844 11.60% 3 10.00%
FFP 20,780 2.01% 1 3.33%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 30
(FFP) Freedom Front Plus
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - LIMPOPO
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ANC 1,265,631 84.88% 43 87.76%
COPE 112,325 7.53% 4 8.16%
DA 51,856 3.48% 2 4.08%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 49
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - NORTHERN CAPE
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ANC 245,699 60.75% 19 63.33%
COPE 67,416 16.67% 5 16.67%
DA 50,817 12.57% 4 13.33%
ID 19,995 4.94% 2 6.67%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 30
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - NORTH WEST
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ANC 783,794 72.89% 25 75.76%
COPE 89,573 8.33% 3 9.09%
DA 88,728 8.25% 3 9.09%
UCDP 56,678 5.27% 2 6.06%
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Total Seats in Provincial Council 33
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KDEM PGOV PREL SF
SUBJECT: FINAL RESULTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL 22 ELECTION
PRETORIA 00000840 001.3 OF 003
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Summary
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1. (U) The April 22, 2009 national and provincial election
in South Africa saw the African National Congress (ANC)
earning the right to form the fourth consecutive government
since the end of apartheid in 1994. The ANC leader will be
its party president, JACOB Zuma, who will be inaugurated in
Pretoria on May 9, 2009. ZUMA has indicated that he will
only serve for one five-year term, though the constitution
allows the state president to serve for the limit of two
consecutive five-year terms. The results of the national and
provincial votes are recorded below.
2. (U) Helen Zille, after her Democratic Alliance (DA)
gained more votes than ever before, continues to be the
official opposition in Parliament. However, Zille will
resign as Mayor of Cape Town to become the Premier of the
Western Cape, as the DA won an outright majority in this
province. The efforts by the DA to woo black voters had a
positive result on their national vote total. The alienation
of the large white and coloured demographics in the Western
Cape gave the ANC its single largest electoral defeat in
fifteen years.
3. (U) The "new kids on the block," the Congress of the
People (COPE),translated their support to become the third
largest party in the country and the official opposition in
three provinces. COPE now has the potential to augment the
impact of opposition votes in Parliament in collaboration
with the DA to check the power of the ANC on specific pieces
of legislation.
4. (U) Smaller opposition parties fared badly in this
election with only a few of them retaining a presence in the
Parliament or in the nine Provincial Councils. There is now
likely to be the first consolidation of this new democracy's
voter preferences across the political landscape in which
three or four parties will dominate politics over the next
five years. End Summary.
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FINAL RESULTS FOR THE 2009 NATIONAL ELECTION
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PARTY VOTES % VOTE SEATS % SEATS
ANC 11,650,748 65.90% 264 66.00%
DA 2,945,829 16.66% 67 16.75%
COPE 1,311,027 7.42% 30 7.5%
IFP 804,260 4.55% 18 4.5%
OTHERS 21
Total Seats in National Parliament 400
(ANC) African National Congress
(DA) Democratic Alliance
(COPE) Congress of the People
(IFP) Inkatha Freedom Party
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - WESTERN CAPE
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DA 1,012,568 51.46% 22 52.38%
ANC 620,918 31.55% 14 33.33%
COPE 152,356 7.74% 3 7.14%
ID 92,118 4.68% 2 4.76%
ACDP 28,995 1.47% 1 2.38%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 42
(ID) Independent Democrats
(ACDP) African Christian Democratic Party
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - GAUTENG
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ANC 2,660,267 63.99% 47 65.28%
DA 908,616 21.86% 16 22.22%
COPE 323,327 7.78% 6 8.33%
Others 3
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Total Seats in Provincial Council 72
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - EASTERN CAPE
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ANC 1,552,676 68.82% 44 70.00%
COPE 308,439 13.67% 9 14.29%
DA 225,310 9.99% 6 9.52%
UDM 93,195 4.13% 3 4.75%
Others 1
Total Seats in Provincial Council 63
(UDM) United Democratic Movement
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - KWA-ZULU NATAL
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ANC 2,192,516 62.95% 51 63.75%
IFP 780,027 22.40% 18 22.50%
DA 318,559 9.15% 7 8.75%
MF 71,507 2.05% 2 2.50%
COPE 44,890 1.29% 1 1.25%
ACDP 23,537 0.68% 1 1.25%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 80
(MF) Minority Front
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - MPUMALANGA
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ANC 1,110,190 85.55% 27 90.00%
DA 97,204 7.49% 2 6.67%
COPE 37,789 2.91% 1 3.33%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 30
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - FREE STATE
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ANC 734,688 71.10% 22 73.33%
COPE 120.018 11.61% 4 13.22%
DA 119,844 11.60% 3 10.00%
FFP 20,780 2.01% 1 3.33%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 30
(FFP) Freedom Front Plus
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - LIMPOPO
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ANC 1,265,631 84.88% 43 87.76%
COPE 112,325 7.53% 4 8.16%
DA 51,856 3.48% 2 4.08%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 49
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - NORTHERN CAPE
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ANC 245,699 60.75% 19 63.33%
COPE 67,416 16.67% 5 16.67%
DA 50,817 12.57% 4 13.33%
ID 19,995 4.94% 2 6.67%
Total Seats in Provincial Council 30
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PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS - NORTH WEST
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ANC 783,794 72.89% 25 75.76%
COPE 89,573 8.33% 3 9.09%
DA 88,728 8.25% 3 9.09%
UCDP 56,678 5.27% 2 6.06%
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Total Seats in Provincial Council 33
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