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Northern Cape (National Assembly of South Africa constituency)

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Northern Cape (Afrikaans: Noord-Kaap; Tswana: Kapa Bokone) is one of the nine multi-member constituencies of the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, the national legislature of South Africa. The constituency was established in 1994 when the National Assembly was established by the Interim Constitution following the end of Apartheid. It is conterminous with the province of Northern Cape. The constituency currently elects five of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 626,471 registered electors.

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Northern Cape
Noord-Kaap Kapa Bokone
Constituency for the National Assembly of South Africa
Location of Northern Cape within South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
Population	1,292,786 (2020)^[1]
Electorate	626,471 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	List 5 (2009–present) 4 (–2009)
Members of the National Assembly^[2]	List Rachel Adams (ANC) Alvin Botes (ANC) Willem Faber (DA) Mirriam Kibi (ANC) Rosina Komane (EFF) Gizella Opperman (DA) Ntaoleng Peacock (ANC) Dipuo Peters (ANC) Mxolisa Sokatsha (ANC) Dikgang Stock (ANC) Florence Tito (EFF)

Electoral system

Northern Cape currently elects five of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system.^[3]^[4] Constituency seats are allocated using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota.^[5]^[6]

Election results

Summary

More information Election, Pan AfricanistCongress PAC ...

Election	Pan Africanist Congress PAC			United Democratic Movement UDM			African National Congress ANC			Democratic Alliance DA/DP			New National Party NNP/NP			African Christian Democratic Party ACDP			Inkatha Freedom Party IFP			Economic Freedom Fighters EFF			Freedom Front Plus VF+/VFFF/VV-FF

	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2019	417	0.10%	0	246	0.06%	0	239,221	58.23%	3	99,977	24.33%	1				3,143	0.77%	0	138	0.03%	0	39,879	9.71%	1	13,522	3.29%	0
2014	451	0.10%	0	478	0.11%	0	278,540	63.88%	4	101,882	23.36%	1				2,436	0.56%	0	200	0.05%	0	22,083	5.06%	0	5,761	1.32%	0
2009	614	0.15%	0	503	0.12%	0	253,264	61.10%	3	54,215	13.08%	1				4,088	0.99%	0	611	0.15%	0				4,957	1.20%	0
2004	1,384	0.43%	0	1,346	0.42%	0	222,205	68.75%	3	37,533	11.61%	1	23,130	7.16%	0	5,982	1.85%	0	709	0.22%	0				4,827	1.49%	0
1999	2,083	0.64%	0	3,092	0.94%	0	211,206	64.40%	3	18,952	5.78%	0	73,766	22.49%	1	5,295	1.61%	0	1,448	0.44%	0				5,229	1.59%	0
1994	3,941	0.97%					201,515	49.81%		5,235	1.29%		169,661	41.94%		1,294	0.32%		1,902	0.47%					17,480	4.32%

Detailed

2019

Results of the 2019 general election held on 8 May 2019:^[7]^[8]^[9]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party			Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	ANC	239,221	58.23%	3
	Democratic Alliance	DA	99,977	24.33%	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	EFF	39,879	9.71%	1
	Freedom Front Plus	VF+	13,522	3.29%	0
	Congress of the People	COPE	3,413	0.83%	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	3,143	0.77%	0
	Good	GOOD	3,088	0.75%	0
	African Independent Congress	AIC	1,597	0.39%	0
	African Transformation Movement	ATM	612	0.15%	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	AZAPO	586	0.14%	0
	African Security Congress	ASC	574	0.14%	0
	Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party	SRWP	527	0.13%	0
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	AASD	464	0.11%	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	PAC	417	0.10%	0
	Agang South Africa	AGANG SA	336	0.08%	0
	African People's Convention	APC	321	0.08%	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	ICOSA	253	0.06%	0
	United Democratic Movement	UDM	246	0.06%	0
	Front National	FN	222	0.05%	0
	Black First Land First	BLF	187	0.05%	0
	Democratic Liberal Congress	DLC	157	0.04%	0
	Al Jama-ah	ALJAMA	154	0.04%	0
	African Covenant	ACO	150	0.04%	0
	African Renaissance Unity Party	ARU	143	0.03%	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	138	0.03%	0
	Compatriots of South Africa	CSA	134	0.03%	0
	African Congress of Democrats	ACD	125	0.03%	0
	Capitalist Party of South Africa	ZACP	107	0.03%	0
	National Freedom Party	NFP	98	0.02%	0
	Alliance for Transformation for All	ATA	94	0.02%	0
	Women Forward	WF	88	0.02%	0
	South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities	SANCOTA	87	0.02%	0
	Economic Emancipation Forum	ECOFORUM	85	0.02%	0
	Patriotic Alliance	PA	78	0.02%	0
	Christian Political Movement	CPM	71	0.02%	0
	African Content Movement	ACM	61	0.01%	0
	International Revelation Congress	IRC	58	0.01%	0
	Free Democrats	FREE DEMS	57	0.01%	0
	Land Party	LAND	55	0.01%	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	F4SD	54	0.01%	0
	Power of Africans Unity	PAU	54	0.01%	0
	African Democratic Change	ADEC	50	0.01%	0
	Better Residents Association	BRA	49	0.01%	0
	Minority Front	MF	39	0.01%	0
	National People’s Front	NAPF	23	0.01%	0
	People’s Revolutionary Movement	PRM	20	0.00%	0
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	SAMEBA	16	0.00%	0
	National People’s Ambassadors	NPA	12	0.00%	0
Valid Votes			410,842	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes			6,406	1.54%
Total Polled			417,248	66.60%
Registered Electors			626,471

The following candidates were elected:^[10] Mirriam Kibi (ANC), Dali Mpofu (EFF), Gizella Opperman (DA), Ntaoleng Peacock (ANC) and Dikgang Stock (ANC).

2014

Results of the 2014 general election held on 7 May 2014:^[11]^[12]^[13]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party			Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	ANC	278,540	63.88%	4
	Democratic Alliance	DA	101,882	23.36%	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	EFF	22,083	5.06%	0
	Congress of the People	COPE	14,452	3.31%	0
	Freedom Front Plus	VF+	5,761	1.32%	0
	African Independent Congress	AIC	3,805	0.87%	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	2,436	0.56%	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	UCDP	1,461	0.34%	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	AZAPO	936	0.21%	0
	African People's Convention	APC	681	0.16%	0
	Patriotic Alliance	PA	591	0.14%	0
	United Democratic Movement	UDM	478	0.11%	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	PAC	451	0.10%	0
	Agang South Africa	AGANG SA	450	0.10%	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	ICOSA	431	0.10%	0
	Al Jama-ah		219	0.05%	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	200	0.05%	0
	Workers and Socialist Party	WASP	173	0.04%	0
	Front National	FN	164	0.04%	0
	National Freedom Party	NFP	141	0.03%	0
	First Nation Liberation Alliance	FINLA	128	0.03%	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	PAM	128	0.03%	0
	Bushbuckridge Residents Association	BRA	103	0.02%	0
	Ubuntu Party	UBUNTU	79	0.02%	0
	United Congress	UNICO	70	0.02%	0
	Minority Front	MF	67	0.02%	0
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	KISS	65	0.01%	0
	Kingdom Governance Movement	KGM	51	0.01%	0
	Peoples Alliance	PAL	39	0.01%	0
Valid Votes			436,065	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes			7,649	1.72%
Total Polled			443,714	73.82%
Registered Electors			601,080

The following candidates were elected:^[14] Joyce Basson (ANC), Karen de Kock (DA), Patrick Mabilo (ANC), Johannes Raseriti Tau (ANC) and Sharome van Schalkwyk (ANC).

2009

Results of the 2009 general election held on 22 April 2009:^[15]^[16]^[17]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party			Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	ANC	253,264	61.10%	3
	Congress of the People	COPE	66,082	15.94%	1
	Democratic Alliance	DA	54,215	13.08%	1
	Independent Democrats	ID	19,584	4.72%	0
	Freedom Front Plus	VF+	4,957	1.20%	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	UCDP	4,559	1.10%	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	4,088	0.99%	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	AZAPO	1,759	0.42%	0
	African People's Convention	APC	1,244	0.30%	0
	Movement Democratic Party	MDP	727	0.18%	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	PAC	614	0.15%	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	611	0.15%	0
	United Democratic Movement	UDM	503	0.12%	0
	Christian Democratic Alliance	CDA	426	0.10%	0
	Al Jama-ah		266	0.06%	0
	United Independent Front	UIF	236	0.06%	0
	Great Kongress of South Africa	GKSA	227	0.05%	0
	National Democratic Convention	NADECO	220	0.05%	0
	Minority Front	MF	179	0.04%	0
	New Vision Party	NVP	163	0.04%	0
	South African Democratic Congress	SADECO	135	0.03%	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	PAM	100	0.02%	0
	Alliance of Free Democrats	AFD	98	0.02%	0
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	KISS	95	0.02%	0
	Women Forward	WF	78	0.02%	0
	A Party		72	0.02%	0
Valid Votes			414,502	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes			6,988	1.66%
Total Polled			421,490	75.96%
Registered Electors			554,900

The following candidates were elected:^[18] Tshoganetso Mpho Adolphina Gasebonwe (ANC), Tina Joemat-Pettersson (ANC), Andrew Louw (DA), Sanna Keikantseeng Molao (COPE) and Ebrahim Mohammed Sulliman (ANC).

2004

Results of the 2004 general election held on 14 April 2004:^[19]^[20]^[21]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party			Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	ANC	222,205	68.75%	3
	Democratic Alliance	DA	37,533	11.61%	1
	New National Party	NNP	23,130	7.16%	0
	Independent Democrats	ID	21,379	6.61%	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	5,982	1.85%	0
	Freedom Front Plus	VF+	4,827	1.49%	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	AZAPO	1,582	0.49%	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	PAC	1,384	0.43%	0
	United Democratic Movement	UDM	1,346	0.42%	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	UCDP	994	0.31%	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	709	0.22%	0
	National Action	NA	333	0.10%	0
	Peace and Justice Congress	PJC	291	0.09%	0
	Employment Movement for South Africa	EMSA	282	0.09%	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	SOPA	214	0.07%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	CDP	202	0.06%	0
	New Labour Party		196	0.06%	0
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	KISS	195	0.06%	0
	The Organisation Party	TOP	174	0.05%	0
	United Front	UF	156	0.05%	0
	Minority Front	MF	87	0.03%	0
Valid Votes			323,201	100.00%	4
Rejected Votes			6,506	1.97%
Total Polled			329,707	76.04%
Registered Electors			433,591

The following candidates were elected:^[22] Spetho Enoch Asiya (ANC), Johannes Jacobus Combrinck (ANC), Vytjie Mentor (ANC) and Adriaan Hermanus Nel (DA).

1999

Results of the 1999 general election held on 2 June 1999:^[23]^[24]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party			Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	ANC	211,206	64.40%	3
	New National Party	NNP	73,766	22.49%	1
	Democratic Party	DP	18,952	5.78%	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	5,295	1.61%	0
	Freedom Front	VFFF	5,229	1.59%	0
	United Democratic Movement	UDM	3,092	0.94%	0
	Federal Alliance	FA	2,292	0.70%	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	PAC	2,083	0.64%	0
	Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging	AEB	1,686	0.51%	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	1,448	0.44%	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	AZAPO	1,237	0.38%	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	UCDP	830	0.25%	0
	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	AITUP	387	0.12%	0
	Minority Front	MF	182	0.06%	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	SOPA	167	0.05%	0
	Government by the People Green Party	GPGP	98	0.03%	0
Valid Votes			327,950	100.00%	4
Rejected Votes			7,227	2.16%
Total Polled			335,177	88.87%
Registered Electors			377,173

1994

Results of the 1994 general election held on between 26 and 29 April 1994:^[25]^[26]^[27]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party			Votes	%
	African National Congress	ANC	201,515	49.81%
	National Party	NP	169,661	41.94%
	Freedom Front	VV-FF	17,480	4.32%
	Democratic Party	DP	5,235	1.29%
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	PAC	3,941	0.97%
	Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	1,902	0.47%
	African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	1,294	0.32%
	African Moderates Congress Party	AMCP	864	0.21%
	Minority Front	MF	494	0.12%
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	DPSA	415	0.10%
	Africa Muslim Party	AMP	320	0.08%
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	KISS	293	0.07%
	Sport Organisation for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights	SOCCER	245	0.06%
	African Democratic Movement	ADM	189	0.05%
	Workers' List Party	WLP	167	0.04%
	Federal Party	FP	162	0.04%
	Women's Rights Peace Party	WRPP	151	0.04%
	Luso-South African Party	LUSAP	138	0.03%
	Ximoko Progressive Party	XPP	113	0.03%
Valid Votes			404,579	100.00%
Rejected Votes			4,663	1.14%
Total Polled			409,242	93.19%
Registered Electors			439,149

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