The ANC wins a majority in South Africa’s 1994 national election
South Africa’s national results table gives the ANC 252 of 400 seats in the 1994 election.
What this does and does not establish
The table records the result; it does not break votes down by race. The present commission credits the 1994 election to its temporary predecessor.
- Region
- Southern Africa
- Theme
- Social life
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 1994
- How we use it
- The table records the result; it does not break votes down by race. The present commission credits the 1994 election to its temporary predecessor.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
1994 National and Provincial Elections: national results
Electoral Commission of South Africa, reporting results from the temporary commission
Quoted text (English)
ANC 2,411,695 1,072,518 1,185,669 201,515 1,780,177 1,325,559 1,059,313 2,486,938 714,271 12,237,655 252Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Numerical election results and party abbreviation only, from an official administrative table. Credit: Electoral Commission of South Africa. Copyright Act 98 of 1978, section 12(8)(a); no table design or images reproduced.
Exact source version
efaa193081ecd59e1f198d94a03b7f05f113bbf0978d8514ff133a34b38ef144Source 2 · Supports the statement
1994 National and Provincial Elections: national results
Electoral Commission of South Africa, reporting results from the temporary commission
Quoted text (English)
19,533,498 400Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Numerical election results and party abbreviation only, from an official administrative table. Credit: Electoral Commission of South Africa. Copyright Act 98 of 1978, section 12(8)(a); no table design or images reproduced.
Exact source version
efaa193081ecd59e1f198d94a03b7f05f113bbf0978d8514ff133a34b38ef144Checks and changes
Source checked 2026-11-13. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth. How records are checked
This is a corrected version of this record. During research, before this release, an earlier version was set aside after independent review. This wording was reviewed separately.
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