The Number of Votes in South African General Elections. Apartheid for the majority of elections.
| Year | Total | Most |
| 1910 | 105623 | 39766 |
| 1915 | 261433 | 94285 |
| 1920 | 282361 | 101227 |
| 1921 | 277742 | 137389 |
| 1924 | 316242 | 148769 |
| 1929 | 347924 | 159896 |
| 1933 | 320011 | 101159 |
| 1938 | 828897 | 446032 |
| 1943 | 876263 | 435297 |
| 1948 | 1065971 | 524230 |
| 1953 | 1209922 | 598718 |
| 1958 | 1156003 | 642006 |
| 1961 | 797561 | 370395 |
| 1966 | 1302151 | 759331 |
| 1970 | 1497652 | 822034 |
| 1974 | 1137151 | 638424 |
| 1977 | 1048420 | 685035 |
| 1981 | 1349933 | 778371 |
| 1987 | 2040737 | 1075505 |
| 1989 | 2157593 | 1039704 |
| 1994 | 19533498 | 12237655 |
| 1999 | 15977142 | 10601330 |
| 2004 | 15612671 | 10880915 |
| 2009 | 17680729 | 11650748 |
| 2014 | 18402497 | 11436921 |
| 2019 | 17437379 | 10026475 |
| 2024 | 16076719 | 6459683 |
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