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The DA holds 24 of the Western Cape's 42 seats, a majority on its own
24seats DA · Highest
A party needs 22 seats for a majority. The DA won 24 on its own, and the remaining seats are split between eight parties.
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Method and sources
Each bar is the number of seats a party won in the 42-seat Western Cape Provincial Parliament at the 2024 provincial election, as reported in the article. A majority needs 22 seats.
DA 24, ANC 8, Patriotic Alliance 3, EFF 2, other parties 5. The article labels the last group Others and lists it as the FF Plus, ACDP, GOOD, NCC and Al Jama-ah with one seat each.
The article gives the election year only and no polling date, so the period is approximated as 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (https://www.elections.org.za/)
Figures as published in our article on the DA's record in Cape Town (chart last checked 14 September 2026): IEC 2024 Western Cape provincial election result. The link is to the publisher, not the exact table.
Chart updated · 14 Sep 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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