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Republic of South Africa (South Africa)

Parliamentary

The year the election took place or a law was passed, etc
Year		The total number of votes cast in the relevant election. Total vote includes valid and invalid votes, as well as blank votes in cases where these are separated from invalid votes.
Total vote		The voter turnout as defined as the percentage of registered voters who actually voted
Voter Turn-
out		The number of registered voters. The figure represents the number of names on the voters' register at the time that the registration process closes (cut-off date), as reported by the electoral management body.
Regi-
stration		The voting age population (VAP) includes all citizens above the legal voting age
Voting age popu-
lation		A vote needs to fulfill a number of criteria to be considered as valid.
Invalid votes		The voter turnout as defined as the percentage of the voting age population that actually voted
VAP Turn-
out		The total population
Popu-
lation		The percentage of voters who voted for the first time
First time voters
2009
17,919,966
77.30%
23,181,997
2004
15,863,554
76.73%
20,674,926
27,944,712
1.60%
56.77%
42,768,678
1999
16,228,462
89.28%
18,177,000
25,411,573
1.50%
63.86%
42,424,823
66.40%
1994
19,726,579
23,063,910
85.53%
40,436,000
62.60%
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