Politics of South Africa
Political parties and their current vote share
General elections take place every 5 years. The first fully multi-racial democratic election was held in 1994, the second in 1999, the third in 2004, the fourth in 2009, and the most recent in 2014.

Politics of South Africa

Section Title: Political parties and their current vote share
Table Section Text: General elections take place every 5 years. The first fully multi-racial democratic election was held in 1994, the second in 1999, the third in 2004, the fourth in 2009, and the most recent in 2014.

Party	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−

list	African National Congress	11,436,921	62.15	3.75	249	15

list	Democratic Alliance	4,091,584	22.23	4.62	89	18

list	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,169,259	6.35	6.35	25	25

list	Inkatha Freedom Party	441,854	2.40	2.15	10	8

list	National Freedom Party	288,742	1.57	1.57	6	6

list	United Democratic Movement	184,636	1.00	0.16	4	0

list	Freedom Front Plus	165,715	0.90	0.07	4	0

list	Congress of the People	123,235	0.67	6.75	3	27

list	African Christian Democratic Party	104,039	0.57	0.24	3	0

list	African Independent Congress	97,642	0.53	0.53	3	3

list	Agang SA	52,350	0.28	0.28	2	2

list	Pan Africanist Congress	37,784	0.21	0.07	1	0

list	African People's Convention	30,676	0.17	0.04	1	0

list	Al Jama-ah	25,976	0.14	0.01	0	0

list	Minority Front	22,589	0.12	0.12	0	1

list	United Christian Democratic Party	21,744	0.12	0.26	0	2

list	Azanian People's Organisation	20,421	0.11	0.11	0	1

list	Bushbuckridge Residents Association	15,271	0.08	New	0	New

list	Independent Civic Organisation	14,472	0.08	New	0	New

list	Patriotic Alliance	13,263	0.07	New	0	New

list	Workers and Socialist Party	8,331	0.05	New	0	New

list	Ubuntu Party	8,234	0.04	New	0	New

list	Kingdom Governance Movement	6,408	0.03	New	0	New

list	Front National	5,138	0.03	New	0	New

list	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	4,294	0.02	0.01	0	0

list	Pan Africanist Movement	3,815	0.02	0.01	0	0

list	First Nation Liberation Alliance	3,297	0.02	New	0	New

list	United Congress	3,136	0.02	New	0	New

list	National Party South Africa	2,694	0.02	0.00	0	0

list	Peoples Alliance	1,671	0.01	New	0	New

Total	18,402,497	100.00	400

Valid votes	18,402,497	98.65

Spoilt votes	251,960	1.35

Total votes cast	18,654,457	100.00

Registered voters/turnout	25,381,293	73.50

Source: IEC

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The Democratic Alliance received 22.23% of the vote in the 2014 election.

final_sentence: The Democratic Alliance received 22.23% of the vote in the 2014 election.