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Independent Electoral Commission election results (www.elections.org.za)

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Kind election returns
Producer Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa
Coverage 1994-2011
Works using it 5

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Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Beall et al. (2005) 2004 provincial election results (iafrica.com election focus) 2004 Gives ANC 46.98 per cent and IFP 36.82 per cent in the 2004 provincial vote.
Fox and Lemon (2000) IEC spreadsheet of 1999 national election results by voting district (14,535 voting districts) 1999 (national and provincial elections) Core dataset: voting-district results aggregated by province, rural/urban/metropolitan category, apartheid region (CLPA, homelands) and language area to map party support.
Inman and Rubinfeld (2008) 2004 Western Cape election results (www.elections.org.za) 2004 Vote shares (ANC 45%, elite parties 51%) used to set the elite province's majority-resident share, so that λ = .184.
Inman and Rubinfeld (2013) Election results, www.elections.org.za 1994-2009 Shows ANC never exceeded 45% in the Western Cape and opposition coalitions held majority, establishing the Western Cape as the elite-controlled province.
Mariotti and Fourie (2014) Ward-level election returns, 2000-2011 (De Kadt & Larreguy 2014) 2000-2011 (five elections) Used in a difference-in-differences estimate that traditional leaders deliver about 6.5 points of ANC vote share.