ID PASSES NNP IN EARLY COUNT
2004-04-15. The Independent Democrats, contesting their first election on Wednesday, surpassed the long-established New National Party in early poll counts on Thursday morning.
By 10.30am the ID had garnered 123,292 votes or 2.24 percent of the
votes counted, putting them in fourth place. The NNP was in fifth place
with 121,928 votes, or 2.21 percent.
Just over 27 percent of votes in had been counted by 10.30am - showing the African National Congress leading the race with 3,69 million or 66.98 percent.
The Democratic Alliance was in second place with 905,640 (16.43 percent), followed by the Inkatha Freedom Party with 246,041 votes (4.46 percent).
The African Christian Democratic Party stood at 106,035 votes (1.92 percent), the United Democratic Movement at 98,099 (1.78 percent), the Freedom Front Plus at 82,225 (1.49 percent), and the Pan Africanist Congress at 39,474 (0.72 percent).
The Keep It Straight and Simple party was lagging the furthest behind with 2,130 or 0.04 percent of the vote.
Deputy chief electoral officer Norman du Plessis said there was no indication yet of the voter turn-out.
In the hotly contested province of KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC was leading with 232,872 votes (42.05), followed by the IFP with 213,735 (38.60), and the DA with 60,887 votes (11 percent). The IFP's other alliance partner, the Freedom Front Plus, had 2,319 votes (0.42 percent) by 8.30am.
In the Western Cape, the ANC had 291,036 votes (40.60 percent), the DA 228,607 votes (31.89 percent), the NNP 69,538 votes (9.70 percent) and the ID 60,620 votes (8.46 percent).
The ANC had 601,626 or 56.11 percent of the votes counted in Gauteng, followed by the DA with 336,533 or 31.39 percent and the FF Plus with 27,127 or 2.53 percent, and the Independent Democrats (ID) with 22,020 or 2.05 percent.
In the Eastern Cape the ANC had 817,163 of the votes counted or 78.63 percent, in the Free State 229,145 or 75.67 percent, in Mpumalanga 430,657 or 84.78 percent, in the Northern Cape 142,182 or 67.91 percent, in Limpopo 573,958 or 88.52 percent and in the North West 423,754 or 79.86 percent. - Sapa
Just over 27 percent of votes in had been counted by 10.30am - showing the African National Congress leading the race with 3,69 million or 66.98 percent.
The Democratic Alliance was in second place with 905,640 (16.43 percent), followed by the Inkatha Freedom Party with 246,041 votes (4.46 percent).
The African Christian Democratic Party stood at 106,035 votes (1.92 percent), the United Democratic Movement at 98,099 (1.78 percent), the Freedom Front Plus at 82,225 (1.49 percent), and the Pan Africanist Congress at 39,474 (0.72 percent).
The Keep It Straight and Simple party was lagging the furthest behind with 2,130 or 0.04 percent of the vote.
Deputy chief electoral officer Norman du Plessis said there was no indication yet of the voter turn-out.
In the hotly contested province of KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC was leading with 232,872 votes (42.05), followed by the IFP with 213,735 (38.60), and the DA with 60,887 votes (11 percent). The IFP's other alliance partner, the Freedom Front Plus, had 2,319 votes (0.42 percent) by 8.30am.
In the Western Cape, the ANC had 291,036 votes (40.60 percent), the DA 228,607 votes (31.89 percent), the NNP 69,538 votes (9.70 percent) and the ID 60,620 votes (8.46 percent).
The ANC had 601,626 or 56.11 percent of the votes counted in Gauteng, followed by the DA with 336,533 or 31.39 percent and the FF Plus with 27,127 or 2.53 percent, and the Independent Democrats (ID) with 22,020 or 2.05 percent.
In the Eastern Cape the ANC had 817,163 of the votes counted or 78.63 percent, in the Free State 229,145 or 75.67 percent, in Mpumalanga 430,657 or 84.78 percent, in the Northern Cape 142,182 or 67.91 percent, in Limpopo 573,958 or 88.52 percent and in the North West 423,754 or 79.86 percent. - Sapa
