Massive Voter Turnout Numbers In South African General Election 2009
25 April 2009 in South AfricaSeventy-seven percent of registered South African voters turned up to cast their votes in the 2009 election, according to results released at the IEC centre in Pretoria.
Voter turnout in all but one province was above 70 percent. In the Limpopo 69,62 percent of the registered voters turned up to vote.
Nationally 23,181,997 registered to vote, a record high number, according to the IEC.
Mpumalanga had the highest voter turnout, with 1,363,836 or 80,38 percent of the 1,696,705 registered voters actually casting their ballots.
In the Eastern Cape, 3,056,559 voters registered to participate and 2,344,098 (76,69 percent) of these turned up at the polls.
The Free State saw 1,388,588 voters registered and 1,069,127 (76,99 percent) actually voting.
In Gauteng, 5,555,159 voters registered and 4,391,699 (79,06 percent) actually voted while in KwaZulu Natal 2,256,073 voters registered and 1,570,592 (69,62 percent) turned up to cast their ballots.
In the North West 1,564,357 voters registered and 1,135,701 or 72,60 percent actually voted. In the Northern Cape, 554,900 voters registered with 421,490 (75,96 percent) while in the Western Cape 2,634,439 voters registered and 2,049,097 (77,78 percent) actually voted. – Sapa
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