The IEC's party percentages were worked out from a slightly different total than the valid votes it counted. We show each party's share of the votes the IEC counted.

2009 National Election · Eastern Cape · Buffalo City: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 312693 valid votes, not the 313304 it counts (ANC 67.80% vs 67.67%, COPE 16.57% vs 16.54%, DA 11.30% vs 11.28%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · Free State · Mangaung: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 291778 valid votes, not the 292076 it counts (ANC 64.79% vs 64.72%, DA 16.63% vs 16.61%, COPE 13.36% vs 13.34%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · Gauteng · City of Johannesburg: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 1546041 valid votes, not the 1550155 it counts (ANC 63.32% vs 63.15%, DA 20.90% vs 20.84%, COPE 9.52% vs 9.49%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · KwaZulu-Natal · eThekwini: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 1315222 valid votes, not the 1316264 it counts (ANC 67.57% vs 67.52%, DA 18.06% vs 18.04%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · Limpopo · Polokwane: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 163970 valid votes, not the 164058 it counts (ANC 75.91% vs 75.87%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · Mpumalanga · Mbombela: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 212395 valid votes, not the 212608 it counts (ANC 87.49% vs 87.40%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · Northern Cape · Sol Plaatje: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 93202 valid votes, not the 93302 it counts (ANC 62.65% vs 62.58%, DA 16.75% vs 16.73%, COPE 14.47% vs 14.46%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · North West · Mafikeng: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 85908 valid votes, not the 86139 it counts (ANC 65.22% vs 65.05%, COPE 14.24% vs 14.20%, UCDP 13.52% vs 13.48%); we show percentages of the counted votes

2009 National Election · Western Cape · City of Cape Town: the IEC's national ballot percentages imply 1348762 valid votes, not the 1351922 it counts (DA 51.04% vs 50.92%, ANC 32.84% vs 32.76%, COPE 8.71% vs 8.69%); we show percentages of the counted votes