From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
2024 South African provincial elections
This article summarizes the results of the 29 May 2024 South African provincial elections which were held concurrently with the general election. Voter turnout across the 232,292 voting districts was 58.6 percent.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "2024 South African provincial elections" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Map of the 2024 South African provincial elections shaded by winning party and with seats illustrated.
This article summarizes the results of the 29 May 2024 South African provincial elections which were held concurrently with the general election. Voter turnout across the 232,292 voting districts was 58.6 percent.
| African National Congress | 1,114,294 | 62.16 | 6.58 | 45 | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 267,007 | 14.89 | 0.84 | 11 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 181,855 | 10.14 | 2.30 | 8 | 3 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 66,572 | 3.71 | 1.11 | 3 | 1 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 41,355 | 2.31 | New | 2 | 2 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 27,761 | 1.55 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | |
| uMkhonto we Sizwe | 25,904 | 1.44 | New | 1 | New | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 9,321 | 0.52 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 9,168 | 0.51 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 8,642 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| ActionSA | 8,315 | 0.46 | New | 0 | New | |
| Rise Mzansi | 5,167 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Independent Congress | 3,935 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 3,884 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Build One South Africa | 3,138 | 0.18 | New | 0 | New | |
| Congress of the People | 2,178 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Batho Pele Movement | 2,078 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | |
| African People's Convention | 1,770 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0 | – | |
| Good | 1,683 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 1,543 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alliance of Citizens for Change | 1,511 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 1,343 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arise South Africa | 1,128 | 0.06 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| African Congress for Transformation | 1,047 | 0.06 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Komani Progress Action | 976 | 0.05 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 877 | 0.05 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| African Movement Congress | 269 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,792,721 | 100.00 | – | 72 | – |
| African National Congress | 429,241 | 51.87 | 9.27 | 16 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 181,062 | 21.88 | 4.30 | 7 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 111,850 | 13.52 | 0.94 | 4 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 24,933 | 3.01 | 0.95 | 1 | 0 | |
| uMkhonto weSizwe | 15,985 | 1.93 | New | 1 | New | |
| African Congress for Transformation | 15,120 | 1.83 | New | 1 | New | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 11,730 | 1.42 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 5,874 | 0.71 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| ActionSA | 4,503 | 0.54 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Content Movement | 4,414 | 0.53 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3,967 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Build One South Africa | 2,916 | 0.35 | New | 0 | New | |
| Rise Mzansi | 2,348 | 0.28 | New | 0 | New | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1,970 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,860 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 1,537 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arise South Africa | 1,453 | 0.18 | New | 0 | New | |
| United Africans Transformation | 1,408 | 0.17 | New | 0 | New | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 1,193 | 0.14 | New | 0 | New | |
| United Democratic Movement | 986 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 672 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 560 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | |
| Sesing Johannes Ramotswabodi | 558 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | |
| Good | 483 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| All Citizens Party | 469 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| National Freedom Party | 241 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Movement Congress | 179 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 827,512 | 100.00 | – | 30 | – | |
| 827,512 | 99.01 | |||||
| 8,280 | 0.99 | |||||
| 835,792 | 100.00 | |||||
| 1,456,927 | 57.37 | |||||
| Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa |
Results by municipality.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} MK-30-40% MK-40-50% MK-50-60% MK-60-70% IFP-40-50% IFP-50-60% IFP-70-80% ANC-50-60% DA-40-50%
| uMkhonto we Sizwe | 1,590,813 | 45.35 | New | 37 | New | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 633,771 | 18.07 | 2.73 | 15 | 2 | |
| African National Congress | 595,958 | 16.99 | 27.23 | 14 | 30 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 468,515 | 13.36 | 0.54 | 11 | 0 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 79,211 | 2.26 | 7.65 | 2 | 6 | |
| National Freedom Party | 19,548 | 0.56 | 1.01 | 1 | 0 | |
| Moodley Thanasagren Rubbanathan | 12,323 | 0.35 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 11,366 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 | |
| ActionSA | 9,569 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New | |
| Allied Movement for Change | 8,007 | 0.23 | New | 0 | New | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 7,843 | 0.22 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Transformation Movement | 6,477 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 | |
| Democratic Liberal Congress | 6,126 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 6,012 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 5,638 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Build One South Africa | 4,648 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | |
| African People's Movement | 4,117 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | |
| Rise Mzansi | 3,898 | 0.11 | New | 0 | New | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 3,817 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justice and Employment Party | 3,626 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 3,615 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 3,214 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
| People's Freedom Party | 3,162 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
| Sizwe Ummah Nation | 2,731 | 0.08 | New | 0 | New | |
| United Democratic Movement | 2,565 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Independent Congress | 2,527 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Movement Congress | 2,049 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| Good | 2,005 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arise SA | 1,958 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| African People First | 1,007 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | |
| Economic Liberators Forum South Africa | 679 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | |
| All Citizens Party | 631 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 629 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 3,508,055 | 100.00 | – | 80 | – | |
| 3,508,055 | 98.88 | |||||
| 39,761 | 1.12 | |||||
| 3,547,816 | 100.00 | |||||
| 5,738,249 | 61.83 | |||||
| Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa |
Results by municipality ANC-50-60% ANC-60-70% ANC-70-80% ANC-80-90%
| African National Congress | 1,037,627 | 73.30 | 48 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 199,900 | 14.12 | 9 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 84,388 | 5.96 | 4 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 15,393 | 1.09 | 1 | |
| uMkhonto we Sizwe | 12,027 | 0.85 | 1 | |
| United Africans Transformation | 11,653 | 0.82 | 1 | |
| Others | 54,607 | 3.86 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,415,595 | 100.00 | 64 |
| African National Congress | 584,609 | 51.31 | 27 | |
| uMkhonto weSizwe | 193,995 | 17.03 | 9 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 158,511 | 13.91 | 7 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 137,408 | 12.06 | 6 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 17,514 | 1.54 | 1 | |
| ActionSA | 5,727 | 0.50 | 1 | |
| United Africans Transformation | 5,512 | 0.48 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 5,401 | 0.47 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 5,352 | 0.47 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 4,918 | 0.43 | 0 | |
| African Independent People's Organisation | 4,004 | 0.35 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 3,542 | 0.31 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 1,911 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Rise Mzansi | 2,189 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Build One South Africa | 2,147 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1,811 | 0.16 | 0 | |
| Bolsheviks Party of South Africa | 1,064 | 0.09 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 916 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Sindawonye Progressive Party | 793 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| Good | 501 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Economic Liberators Forum | 480 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 443 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Able Leadership | 258 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 258 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| African Movement Congress | 163 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,139,427 | 100.00 | 51 |
| African National Congress | 195,267 | 49.34 | 15 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 83,848 | 21.19 | 7 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 52,433 | 13.25 | 4 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 34,180 | 8.64 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 7,239 | 1.83 | 1 | |
| Northern Cape Communities Movement | 6,547 | 1.65 | – | |
| uMkhonto weSizwe | 3,111 | 0.79 | – | |
| ActionSA | 2,015 | 0.51 | – | |
| Good | 1,849 | 0.47 | – | |
| #Hope4SA | 1,745 | 0.44 | – | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,498 | 0.38 | – | |
| Congress of the People | 1,007 | 0.25 | – | |
| Build One South Africa | 995 | 0.25 | – | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 701 | 0.18 | – | |
| Rise Mzansi | 627 | 0.16 | – | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 458 | 0.12 | – | |
| African Congress for Transformation | 453 | 0.11 | – | |
| Arise South Africa | 418 | 0.11 | – | |
| African Transformation Movement | 412 | 0.10 | – | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 303 | 0.08 | – | |
| People's Movement for Change | 188 | 0.05 | – | |
| South African Royal Kingdoms Association | 177 | 0.04 | – | |
| All Citizens Party | 173 | 0.04 | – | |
| South African Youth Power Party | 138 | 0.03 | – | |
| Total | 395,782 | 100.00 | 30 | |
| Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa |
| African National Congress | 510,994 | 57.73 | 4.03 | 23 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 153,743 | 17.37 | 1.27 | 7 | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 117,168 | 13.24 | 2.06 | 5 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 23,003 | 2.60 | 1.72 | 1 | 1 | |
| uMkhonto we Sizwe | 18,198 | 2.06 | New | 1 | New | |
| ActionSA | 15,053 | 1.70 | New | 1 | New | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 8,040 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0 | ||
| Forum for Service Delivery | 5,143 | 0.58 | 0.25 | 0 | ||
| United Africans Transformation | 4,779 | 0.54 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3,941 | 0.45 | 0.11 | 0 | ||
| Build One South Africa | 3,892 | 0.44 | New | 0 | New | |
| Rise Mzansi | 3,189 | 0.36 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Independent Congress | 2,182 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0 | ||
| United Democratic Movement | 2,132 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0 | ||
| Arise South Africa | 1,740 | 0.20 | New | 0 | New | |
| Congress of the People | 1,738 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0 | ||
| African Congress for Transformation | 1,591 | 0.18 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Transformation Movement | 1,396 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0 | ||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 1,335 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0 | ||
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1,330 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0 | ||
| Economic Liberators Forum | 1,053 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | |
| Al Jama-ah | 725 | 0.08 | New | 0 | New | |
| African People's Convention | 707 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0 | ||
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 510 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| Good | 500 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0 | ||
| Sizwe Ummah Nation | 485 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | |
| All Citizens Party | 413 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Movement Congress | 226 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 885,206 | 100.00 | – | 38 | – | |
| 885,206 | 98.70 | |||||
| 11,663 | 1.30 | |||||
| 896,869 | 100.00 | |||||
| 1,768,576 | 50.71 | |||||
| Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa |
Results by municipality
| Democratic Alliance | 1,088,423 | 55.30 | –0.1 | 24 | 0 | |
| African National Congress | 384,853 | 19.55 | –9.1 | 8 | –4 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 153,607 | 7.80 | New | 3 | New | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 104,354 | 5.30 | +1.3 | 2 | 0 | |
| National Coloured Congress | 46,770 | 2.38 | New | 1 | New | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 28,471 | 1.45 | -0.1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 25,537 | 1.30 | +1.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 25,363 | 1.29 | -1.4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Good | 22,207 | 1.13 | -1.9 | 1 | 0 | |
| uMkhonto we Sizwe | 11,263 | 0.57 | New | 0 | New | |
| Rise Mzansi | 9,954 | 0.51 | New | 0 | New | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 8,318 | 0.42 | New | 0 | New | |
| Build One South Africa | 8,028 | 0.41 | New | 0 | New | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 6,151 | 0.31 | +0.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 5,933 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ActionSA | 5,788 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Transformation Movement | 5,581 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Referendum Party | 5,110 | 0.26 | New | 0 | New | |
| People's Movement for Change | 5,074 | 0.26 | New | 0 | New | |
| Allied Movement for Change | 5,065 | 0.26 | New | 0 | New | |
| Allied of Citizens for Change | 2,430 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | |
| Land Party | 1,865 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,774 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arise South Africa | 1,772 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Independent Congress | 1,481 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sizwe Ummah Nation | 998 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 824 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 813 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| O.D. | 456 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 1,968,263 | 100.00 | – | 42 | – | |
| 1,968,263 | 99.25 | |||||
| 14,874 | 0.75 | |||||
| 1,983,137 | 100.00 | |||||
| 3,317,072 | 59.79 | |||||
| Source: Independent Electoral Commission, Daily Maverick and News24 |
Ask Mako anything about 2024 South African provincial elections — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report