South Africa: 2006 Western Cape - by political party

Updated March 2006

Valid Votes include both ward and proportional representation votes.
Seats Won include both ward and proportional representation seats.

Party	Valid Votes	% Votes	Seats	% Seats
African National Congress	1 105 124	40.24	315	42.11
Democratic Alliance	1 078 779	39.28	285	38.10
Independent Democrats	289 360	10.54	81	10.83
African Christian Democratic Party	65 338	2.38	19	2.54
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	30 824	1.12	14	1.87
Africa Muslim Party	19 316	0.70	3	0.40
United Democratic Movement	13 875	0.51	4	0.53
Freedom Front +	10 517	0.38	4	0.53
United Independent Front	6 821	0.25	3	0.4
Western Cape Community	3 991	0.15	3	0.4
Knysna Community Forum	3 721	0.14	2	0.27
Oudtshoorn Civic Association	3 233	0.12	2	0.27
Independents	3,182	0.12	3	0.4
Universal Party	2 346	0.09	1	0.13
South African Political Alliance	2 229	0.08	1	0.13
Breedevallei Onafhanklik	2 118	0.08	1	0.13
Kayamandi Community Alliance	1 499	0.05	1	0.13
First Community Party of South Africa	1 210	0.04	1	0.13
Federation of Democrats	768	0.03	1	0.13
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	7,108	0.26	1	0.13
People's Democratic Movement	925	0.03	1	0.13
Laingsburg Gemeenskaps Party	954	0.03	2	0.27
Other	93 327	3.40	0	0.00
Total	2 746 565	100.02	748	99.96

Source

IEC 2006 "Leading Party Overall Report: Western Cape", [www] http://www.elections.org.za/lgeresults/Static%20Report/95/Leading%20Party%20Overall/ Western%20Cape.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 26 Feb 2010).