Western Cape (National Assembly of South Africa constituency)

Western Cape (Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap; Xhosa: iNtshona-Koloni) 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 Western Cape. The constituency currently elects 24 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 general election it had 3,317,072 registered electors.^[2]

Western Cape
Wes-Kaap iNtshona-Koloni
Constituency for the National Assembly of South Africa
Location of Western Cape within South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Population	7,005,741 (2020)[1]
Electorate	3,317,072 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	24 24 (2024–present) 23 (2009–2024) 21 (2004–2009) 20 (1999–2004) 21 (1994–1999)

Electoral system

200 of the 400 members of the National Assembly are elected by nine constituencies which correspond to the nine provinces of South Africa. These members are elected under a system of closed party-list proportional representation,^[3][4] using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota.^[5][6] From 1994 to 2019 the same ballot paper was used to determine the overall seat allocation of the National Assembly and the allocation of the provincial seats. In the 2024 election a separate "regional" ballot paper was introduced for the provincial seats, which allows for the participation of independent candidates.^[7] As of 2024 the Western Cape constituency elects 24 members.^[8]

Election results

Summary

Election	ACDP		ANC		DP/DA		EFF		ID		NCC		NP/NNP		PA		VF/VF+
	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	Seats
1994	0.97	0	33.60	7	4.18	1							56.24	12			1.97	1
1999	3.11	1	42.62	9	14.18	3							34.38	7			0.66	0
2004	3.78	1	46.28	10	26.92	6			7.97	2			9.44	2			1.24	0
2009	1.62	0	32.86	8	48.78	12			4.49	1							0.86	0
2014	1.17	0	34.00	8	57.26	14	2.32	1							0.37	0	1.07	0
2019	2.80	1	31.23	7	52.41	13	4.19	1							0.03	0	2.81	1
2024	1.30	0	19.79	5	53.40	14	5.40	1			2.40	1			7.84	2	1.65	1

2024

Results of the regional ballot for the Western Cape in the 2024 general election held on 29 May 2024:

Party/Candidate		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Alliance	1,048,273	53.40	14	+1
	African National Congress	388,390	19.79	5	–2
	Patriotic Alliance	153,936	7.84	2	+2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	105,940	5.40	1	0
	National Coloured Congress	47,188	2.40	1	New
	Freedom Front Plus	32,440	1.65	1	0
	Al Jama-ah	26,787	1.36	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	25,598	1.30	0	–1
	Good	22,453	1.14	0	0
	uMkhonto weSizwe	11,747	0.60	0	New
	Zackie Achmat (independent)	10,679	0.54	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	10,396	0.53	0	New
	Build One South Africa	9,734	0.50	0	New
	Africa Restoration Alliance	8,596	0.44	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	6,751	0.34	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	6,540	0.33	0	0
	ActionSA	6,012	0.31	0	New
	African Transformation Movement	5,934	0.30	0	0
	Allied Movement for Change	5,214	0.27	0	New
	United Independent Movement	4,940	0.25	0	New
	People's Movement for Change	4,915	0.25	0	New
	Referendum Party	4,206	0.21	0	New
	#Hope4SA	4,108	0.21	0	New
	Alliance of Citizens for Change	2,235	0.11	0	New
	Organic Humanity Movement	1,960	0.10	0	New
	Congress of the People	1,594	0.08	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,562	0.08	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,058	0.05	0	0
	Sizwe Ummah Nation	1,031	0.05	0	New
	Azanian People's Organisation	780	0.04	0	0
	South African Rainbow Alliance	544	0.03	0	New
	Free Democrats	440	0.02	0	0
	African Congress for Transformation	348	0.02	0	New
	Citizans	313	0.02	0	New
	Economic Liberators Forum South Africa	288	0.01	0	New
Total		1,962,930	100.00	24	+1
Valid votes		1,962,930	99.29
Invalid/blank votes		14,037	0.71
Total votes		1,976,967	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,317,072	59.60
Source: [9][10]

The following candidates were elected.^[11][12]

	Name	Party
	Andrew Bateman	DA
	Eleanore Bouw-Spies	DA
	Mark John Burke	DA
	Ian Cameron	DA
	Katherine Christie	DA
	Sharon Davids	ANC
	Katrina de Bruin	PA
	Jan de Villiers	DA
	Cameron Dugmore	ANC
	Farhat Essack	DA
	Evangeline Freeman	PA
	Sakiena Frenchman	NCC
	Kabelo Kgobisa-Ngcaba	DA
	Karl le Roux	DA
	Elmarie Linde	DA
	Bonginkosi Madikizela	DA
	Noluthando Makasi	ANC
	Matlhodi Maseko	DA
	Corné Mulder	VF+
	Nicholas Myburgh	DA
	Natasha Ntlangwini	EFF
	Windy Plaatjies	ANC
	Ryan Smith	DA
	Mzwanele Sokopo	ANC

2019

Results of the national ballot for the Western Cape in the 2019 general election held on 8 May 2019:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Alliance	1,107,065	52.41	13	–1
	African National Congress	659,548	31.23	7	–1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	88,428	4.19	1	0
	Freedom Front Plus	59,354	2.81	1	+1
	African Christian Democratic Party	59,147	2.80	1	+1
	Good	47,283	2.24	0	New
	Al Jama-ah	15,866	0.75	0	0
	Congress of the People	9,726	0.46	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	9,033	0.43	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	7,650	0.36	0	0
	Alliance for Transformation for All	5,378	0.25	0	New
	Land Party	5,348	0.25	0	New
	African Transformation Movement	4,761	0.23	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	4,183	0.20	0	0
	Capitalist Party of South Africa	3,822	0.18	0	New
	Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party	3,201	0.15	0	New
	African Independent Congress	3,133	0.15	0	0
	National Freedom Party	2,245	0.11	0	0
	African Security Congress	1,599	0.08	0	New
	Women Forward	1,342	0.06	0	0
	Front National	1,289	0.06	0	0
	African Covenant	1,101	0.05	0	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,012	0.05	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,001	0.05	0	0
	Christian Political Movement	866	0.04	0	New
	Black First Land First	857	0.04	0	New
	Democratic Liberal Congress	805	0.04	0	New
	Agang South Africa	767	0.04	0	0
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	696	0.03	0	New
	Patriotic Alliance	652	0.03	0	0
	Compatriots of South Africa	608	0.03	0	New
	Azanian People's Organisation	559	0.03	0	0
	African Democratic Change	553	0.03	0	New
	Free Democrats	438	0.02	0	New
	Minority Front	408	0.02	0	0
	African Congress of Democrats	402	0.02	0	New
	Economic Emancipation Forum	344	0.02	0	New
	Better Residents Association	279	0.01	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	271	0.01	0	New
	African Renaissance Unity Party	210	0.01	0	New
	African Content Movement	186	0.01	0	New
	National People's Ambassadors	130	0.01	0	New
	International Revelation Congress	127	0.01	0	New
	South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities	114	0.01	0	New
	National People's Front	113	0.01	0	New
	People's Revolutionary Movement	109	0.01	0	New
	Power of Africans Unity	95	0.00	0	New
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	66	0.00	0	New
Total		2,112,170	100.00	23	–
Valid votes		2,112,170	99.02
Invalid/blank votes		20,892	0.98
Total votes		2,133,062	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,128,567	68.18
Source: [13][14]

The following candidates were elected:^[15]

	Name	Party
	Alexandra Abrahams	DA
	Michael Bagraim	DA
	Eleanore Bouw-Spies	DA
	Jan de Villiers	DA
	Richard Dyantyi	ANC
	Dion George	DA
	Bheki Hadebe	ANC
	Faiez Jacobs	ANC
	Kenneth Jacobs	ANC
	Khaya Magaxa	ANC
	Richard Majola	DA
	Kobus Marais	DA
	Zakhele Mbhele	DA
	Hisamodien Mohamed	ANC
	Thandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana	DA
	Corné Mulder	VF+
	Siphokuhle Patrein	ANC
	Emma Powell	DA
	Leon Schreiber	DA
	Floyd Shivambu	EFF
	Marie Sukers	ACDP
	Okkie Terblanche	DA
	Benedicta van Minnen	DA

2014

Results of the 2014 general election held on 7 May 2014:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Alliance	1,241,424	57.26	14	+2
	African National Congress	737,219	34.00	8	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	50,280	2.32	1	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	25,318	1.17	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	23,243	1.07	0	0
	Congress of the People	13,833	0.64	0	–2
	United Democratic Movement	13,052	0.60	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	11,376	0.52	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	11,124	0.51	0	New
	Agang South Africa	9,927	0.46	0	New
	Patriotic Alliance	7,996	0.37	0	New
	African Independent Congress	6,987	0.32	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,963	0.18	0	0
	Ubuntu Party	2,211	0.10	0	New
	African People's Convention	1,491	0.07	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,153	0.05	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,127	0.05	0	0
	National Freedom Party	1,048	0.05	0	New
	Azanian People's Organisation	951	0.04	0	0
	Workers and Socialist Party	760	0.04	0	New
	First Nation Liberation Alliance	623	0.03	0	New
	Front National	573	0.03	0	New
	Kingdom Governance Movement	524	0.02	0	New
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	421	0.02	0	0
	Minority Front	398	0.02	0	0
	Peoples Alliance	382	0.02	0	New
	Pan Africanist Movement	302	0.01	0	0
	Bushbuckridge Residents Association	235	0.01	0	New
	United Congress	206	0.01	0	New
Total		2,168,147	100.00	23	–
Valid votes		2,168,147	99.08
Invalid/blank votes		20,089	0.92
Total votes		2,188,236	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,941,333	74.40
Source: [16][17]

The following candidates were elected:^[18]

	Name	Party
	Freddie Adams	ANC
	Michael Bagraim	DA
	Francois Beukman	ANC
	Shahid Esau	DA
	Archibold Figlan	DA
	Tim Harris	DA
	Geordin Hill-Lewis	DA
	Chris Hunsinger	DA
	Lungiswa James	DA
	Wilmot James	DA
	Bernard Joseph	EFF
	Lerumo Kalako	ANC
	Zoliswa Kota-Fredericks	ANC
	Andrew Madella	ANC
	Tandi Mahambehlala	ANC
	Richard Majola	DA
	Erik Marais	DA
	Kobus Marais	DA
	Mandisa Matshoba	ANC
	Zakhele Mbhele	DA
	Bongani Mkongi	ANC
	James Selfe	DA
	Andricus van der Westhuizen	DA

2009

Results of the 2009 general election held on 22 April 2009:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Alliance	989,132	48.78	12	+6
	African National Congress	666,223	32.86	8	–2
	Congress of the People	183,763	9.06	2	New
	Independent Democrats	91,001	4.49	1	–1
	African Christian Democratic Party	32,849	1.62	0	–1
	Freedom Front Plus	17,506	0.86	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	15,642	0.77	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	9,808	0.48	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	4,877	0.24	0	0
	Christian Democratic Alliance	3,590	0.18	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,926	0.09	0	New
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,394	0.07	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,348	0.07	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,316	0.06	0	0
	Movement Democratic Party	1,201	0.06	0	New
	United Independent Front	1,119	0.06	0	New
	Great Kongress of South Africa	751	0.04	0	New
	National Democratic Convention	701	0.03	0	New
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	692	0.03	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	623	0.03	0	New
	Minority Front	432	0.02	0	0
	New Vision Party	431	0.02	0	New
	Women Forward	411	0.02	0	New
	A Party	393	0.02	0	New
	Alliance of Free Democrats	236	0.01	0	New
	South African Democratic Congress	214	0.01	0	New
Total		2,027,579	100.00	23	+2
Valid votes		2,027,579	98.95
Invalid/blank votes		21,518	1.05
Total votes		2,049,097	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,634,439	77.78
Source: [19][20]

The following candidates were elected:^[21]

	Name	Party
	Buyiswa Blaai	COPE
	Ryan Coetzee	DA
	Phillip Dexter	COPE
	Mgolodi Dikgacwi	ANC
	Willem Doman	DA
	Marius Fransman	ANC
	Albert Fritz	DA
	Johan Gelderblom	ANC
	Lance Greyling	ID
	Mpumelelo Gona	ANC
	Wilmot James	DA
	Zoliswa Kota-Fredericks	ANC
	Helen Lamoela	DA
	Caroline Makasi	ANC
	Kobus Marais	DA
	David Maynier	DA
	Masizole Mnqasela	DA
	Linda Moss	ANC
	Piet Pretorius	DA
	Ebrahim Rasool	ANC
	Denise Robinson	DA
	James Selfe	DA
	Dene Smuts	DA

2004

Results of the 2004 general election held on 14 April 2004:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	742,741	46.28	10	+1
	Democratic Alliance	432,107	26.92	6	+3
	New National Party	151,476	9.44	2	–5
	Independent Democrats	127,991	7.97	2	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	60,613	3.78	1	0
	United Democratic Movement	29,758	1.85	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	19,910	1.24	0	0
	New Labour Party	9,866	0.61	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	7,422	0.46	0	0
	Peace and Justice Congress	4,340	0.27	0	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	3,754	0.23	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	3,620	0.23	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	2,720	0.17	0	New
	National Action	2,594	0.16	0	New
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,432	0.09	0	0
	Employment Movement for South Africa	1,168	0.07	0	New
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	990	0.06	0	New
	The Organisation Party	823	0.05	0	New
	Socialist Party of Azania	606	0.04	0	0
	Minority Front	573	0.04	0	0
	United Front	516	0.03	0	New
Total		1,605,020	100.00	21	+1
Valid votes		1,605,020	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		16,819	1.04
Total votes		1,621,839	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,220,283	73.05

The following candidates were elected:^[22]

	Name	Party
	Jonathan Arendse	ANC
	Cecil Burgess	ID
	Kent Durr	ACDP
	Sarel Haasbroek	DA
	Avril Harding	ID
	Cecil Herandien	NNP
	Rhoda Joemat	ANC
	Bruce Kannemeyer	ANC
	Lawrence Maduma	ANC
	Caroline Makasi	ANC
	Linda Moss	ANC
	Maxwell Moss	ANC
	Danny Olifant	ANC
	Sydney Opperman	DA
	Randy Pieterse	ANC
	Pierre Rabie	DA
	James Selfe	DA
	Bulelwa Tinto	ANC
	Kraai van Niekerk	DA
	Marthinus van Schalkwyk	NNP
	Helen Zille	DA

1999

Results of the 1999 general election held on 2 June 1999:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	682,748	42.62	9	+2
	New National Party	550,775	34.38	7	–5
	Democratic Party	227,087	14.18	3	+2
	African Christian Democratic Party	49,807	3.11	1	+1
	United Democratic Movement	49,146	3.07	0	New
	Freedom Front	10,502	0.66	0	–1
	Federal Alliance	8,849	0.55	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	8,061	0.50	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	3,143	0.20	0	0
	Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging	3,101	0.19	0	New
	Government by the People Green Party	2,850	0.18	0	New
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,781	0.11	0	New
	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	1,468	0.09	0	New
	Minority Front	1,281	0.08	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	934	0.06	0	New
	Socialist Party of Azania	389	0.02	0	New
Total		1,601,922	100.00	20	–1
Valid votes		1,601,922	99.12
Invalid/blank votes		14,257	0.88
Total votes		1,616,179	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,864,019	86.70
Source: [23][24]

The following candidates were elected.^[25]

	Name	Party
	Ken Andrew	DP
	Jonathan Arendse	ANC
	Mnyamezeli Booi	ANC
	Cobus Dowry	NNP
	Rhoda Joemat	ANC
	Bruce Kannemeyer	ANC
	Caroline Makasi	ANC
	Maxwell Moss	ANC
	Danny Olifant	ANC
	Randy Pieterse	ANC
	Sakkie Pretorius	NNP
	Rodney Rhoda	NNP
	James Selfe	DP
	Hennie Smit	NNP
	Dene Smuts	DP
	Rhoda Southgate	ACDP
	Bulelwa Tinto	ANC
	Frik van Deventer	NNP
	Marthinus van Schalkwyk	NNP
	Anna van Wyk	NNP

1994

Results of the national ballot for the Western Cape in the 1994 general election held between 26 and 29 April 1994:

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Party	1,195,633	56.24	12
	African National Congress	714,271	33.60	7
	Democratic Party	88,804	4.18	1
	Freedom Front	41,924	1.97	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	21,353	1.00	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	20,540	0.97	0
	Africa Muslim Party	15,655	0.74	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	13,895	0.65	0
	Federal Party	4,704	0.22	0
	Minority Front	1,546	0.07	0
	Women's Rights Peace Party	1,404	0.07	0
	African Moderates Congress Party	1,286	0.06	0
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	1,147	0.05	0
	Sport Organisation for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights	1,030	0.05	0
	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	875	0.04	0
	Workers' List Party	724	0.03	0
	African Democratic Movement	485	0.02	0
	Luso-South African Party	464	0.02	0
	Ximoko Progressive Party	273	0.01	0
Total		2,126,013	100.00	21
Valid votes		2,126,013	98.80
Invalid/blank votes		25,830	1.20
Total votes		2,151,843	100.00
Source: [26][27]

The following candidates were elected:^[28]

	Name	Party
	Ken Andrew	DP
	Jonathan Arendse	ANC
	Rob Davies	ANC
	Johnny de Lange	ANC
	Dawie de Villiers	NP
	John Gogotya	NP
	David Graaff	NP
	Pieter Grobbelaar	VF
	Nomatyala Hangana	ANC
	Francois Jacobsz	NP
	Nic Koornhof	NP
	Salie Manie	ANC
	Piet Marais	NP
	Danny Olifant	ANC
	Naledi Pandor	ANC
	Sakkie Pretorius	NP
	Hennie Smit	NP
	Myburgh Streicher	NP
	Frik van Deventer	NP
	Anna van Wyk	NP
	Abe Williams	NP