2024 National and Provincial Elections
Held on 29 May 2024. Results by municipal area, summed from the IEC's voting-district results. Mapped on the boundaries in force on polling day.
National ballot: results
Elects the National Assembly from national party lists (from 2024, 200 of its 400 seats; before 2024, all 400 seats).
| Party or contestant (as listed) | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS | 6 459 692 | 40,2% |
| DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | 3 506 864 | 21,8% |
| UMKHONTO WESIZWE | 2 344 311 | 14,6% |
| ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS | 1 529 963 | 9,5% |
| INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY | 618 209 | 3,8% |
| PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE | 330 425 | 2,1% |
| VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | 219 053 | 1,4% |
| ACTIONSA | 192 372 | 1,2% |
| AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 96 578 | 0,6% |
| UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT | 78 446 | 0,5% |
| RISE MZANSI | 67 979 | 0,4% |
| BUILD ONE SOUTH AFRICA WITH MMUSI MAIMANE | 65 923 | 0,4% |
| Others (40 together) | 568 278 | 3,5% |
Show all 52 parties and contestants
Key figures
- Valid votes
- 16 078 093
- Turnout
- 58,6%
- Votes cast
- 16 291 516
- Spoilt votes
- 213 423
- Registered voters
- 27 782 081
- Ballots
- 1
Compare with another national & Provincial election
Map
Provinces on the boundaries in force on polling day — select one to see its municipalities
Turnout, National ballot, 2024
By province
Provinces as named on polling day
| Province | Valid votes | Turnout | ACDP | Most votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | 1 808 754 | 53,4% | 0,5% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 62,5% |
| Free State | 831 445 | 57,9% | 0,4% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 52,9% |
| Gauteng | 4 014 858 | 61,9% | 0,8% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 36,5% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 3 517 028 | 62,3% | 0,3% | UMKHONTO WESIZWE 45,9% |
| Limpopo | 1 430 184 | 52,1% | 0,3% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 74,2% |
| Mpumalanga | 1 154 199 | 58,0% | 0,4% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 51,9% |
| North West | 893 951 | 51,4% | 0,4% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 58,5% |
| Northern Cape | 397 856 | 61,5% | 0,4% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 49,3% |
| Western Cape | 1 990 734 | 60,6% | 1,3% | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 53,0% |
| Votes cast abroad (listed as "Out of Country") | 39 084 | 66,5% | 0,7% | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 75,2% |
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About this record
Coverage, limitations, source issues and how the figures were checked
What the record holds
- Municipal areas are the 2021 municipalities (in force on polling day), so this election's municipal results can be mapped on the MDB 2021 boundaries.
- Candidates: the IEC's final candidate lists as at 10/04/2024 08:30 — national, regional and provincial lists of every party, and independent candidates on the regional and provincial ballots. 10 085 people.
Historical context
- The first national and provincial election with three ballots: the National ballot (200 National Assembly seats from national lists), the Regional ballot (200 seats from regional lists, one region per province) and the Provincial ballot (provincial legislatures). Independent candidates could stand on the regional and provincial ballots for the first time.
Source issues
- On the regional and provincial ballots the IEC's voting-district files list each independent candidate as an unnamed line, "INDEPENDENT". The lines cannot be told apart from one voting district to the next, so their votes are stored as ONE combined line per province, never split or attributed. The IEC's results report names each independent candidate with their provincial total; their sum is checked against the combined line.
- The voting-district file and the IEC's results report (IEC 2024 National Election — Detailed Results, National ballot, all provinces (PDF), results as at 21/06/2024 01:51:28 PM) differ in 56 of 616 figures, all in Gauteng (valid votes: file 16 078 093, report 16 077 342). Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape, votes cast abroad agree exactly. The figures shown are the voting-district file's, as published; the report most likely reflects later corrections. Not adjusted; to raise with the IEC.
- The voting-district file and the IEC's results report (IEC 2024 National Election — Detailed Results, Regional ballot, all provinces (PDF), results as at 21/06/2024 01:51:28 PM) differ in 50 of 530 figures, all in Gauteng. Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape agree exactly. The figures shown are the voting-district file's, as published; the report most likely reflects later corrections. Not adjusted; to raise with the IEC.
- The voting-district file and the IEC's results report (IEC 2024 Provincial Election — Detailed Results, all provinces (PDF), results as at 21/06/2024 01:51:28 PM) differ in 52 of 660 figures, all in Gauteng. Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape agree exactly. The figures shown are the voting-district file's, as published; the report most likely reflects later corrections. Not adjusted; to raise with the IEC.
- The national file has 1 line that is not a candidate row (page 62: “JA” — not a candidate row); not loaded.
- The regional file has 1 line that is not a candidate row (page 49: “JA” — not a candidate row); not loaded.
- On the provincial lists, 5 entries repeat a person already on the same list (e.g. PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA — provincial: ec-eastern-cape, order number 58; PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA — provincial: wc-western-cape, order number 42). The first entry is shown; the repeat is recorded, not loaded.
- On 43 provincial lists some order numbers are missing (e.g. hope4sa provincial gt-gauteng: 10; actionsa provincial kzn-kwazulu-natal: 33). Positions are shown as published.
- The provincial file has 1 line that is not a candidate row (page 73: “JA” — not a candidate row); not loaded.
How it was read and checked
- Election date: Polling day as proclaimed by the President (Government Gazette, 23 February 2024; gov.za media statement of 23 February 2024).
- Results are stored for each municipal area (and for votes cast abroad) as sums of the IEC's voting-district rows; the number of voting districts summed is stored with each figure. Voting-district detail is in the official file (SHA-256 recorded) but not loaded (storage policy, DATABASE §8.2).
- A person is one entry per distinct name and partly masked ID number on the lists, so two different people with the same name stay two people. The masked ID number is personal information: it is used only for that, and is neither stored nor published. A candidate list is not a list of who was elected.
Sources
The official files behind these results
Turnout 58,6%