2014 Northern Cape provincial election

2014 Northern Cape provincial election

7 May 2014
All 30 seats to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.30%
First party Second party   Candidate Sylvia Lucas Andrew Louw Party ANC DA Last election 60.75%, 19 seats 12.57%, 4 seats Seats won 20 7 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 272,053 100,916 Percentage 64.40% 23.89% Swing 3.65pp 11.32pp   Third party Fourth party   EFF COPE Candidate Aubrey Baartman Party EFF COPE Last election – 16.67%, 5 seats Seats won 2 1 Seat change New party 4 Popular vote 20,951 15,214 Percentage 4.96% 3.60% Swing New party 13.07pp
Premier before election Sylvia Lucas African National Congress Elected Premier Sylvia Lucas African National Congress

The 2014 Northern Cape provincial election was held on 7 May 2014 to elect all 30 members of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. As with all South African provincial elections, it was held concurrent with the 2014 South African general election. The ruling ANC gained a seat, and the opposition Democratic Alliance gained three seats. The Economic Freedom Fighters, founded less than a year earlier, won two seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	272,053	64.40	20	+1
	Democratic Alliance	100,916	23.89	7	+1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	20,951	4.96	2	New
	Congress of the People	15,218	3.60	1	–4
	Freedom Front Plus	4,600	1.09	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	2,421	0.57	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,542	0.37	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,191	0.28	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,062	0.25	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	584	0.14	0	New
	Independent Civic Organisation	499	0.12	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress	460	0.11	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	366	0.09	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	239	0.06	0	0
	First Nation Liberation Alliance	194	0.05	0	New
	National Freedom Party	139	0.03	0	New
Total		422,435	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		422,435	98.58
Invalid/blank votes		6,106	1.42
Total votes		428,541	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		601,080	71.30
Source: Election Resources

Further reading

• Engel, Ulf (1 August 2014). "South Africa: The 2014 National and Provincial Elections". Africa Spectrum. 49 (2): 79–89. doi:10.1177/000203971404900204. S2CID 142278190. Retrieved 12 December 2021.