2024 South African general election

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2024 South African general election
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All 400 seats to the National Assembly of South Africa
201 seats needed for a majority
  Cyril Ramaphosa - President of South Africa - 2018 (cropped).jpg John Steenhuisen (cropped).jpg Julius Malema, EFF CIC (2019).png
Leader Cyril Ramaphosa John Steenhuisen Julius Malema
Party ANC Democratic Alliance EFF
Leader's seat National List National List National List
Last election 57.50%, 230 seats 20.77%, 84 seats 10.79%, 44 seats
Current seats 230 84 44
  Velenkosini Hlabisa.jpg PJ Groenewald (cropped).jpg K Meshoe Toronto 2013 (cropped).png
Leader Velenkosini Hlabisa Pieter Groenewald Kenneth Meshoe
Party IFP Freedom Front Plus ACDP
Leader's seat n/a National List National List
Last election 3.38%, 14 seats 2.38%, 10 seats 0.84%, 4 seats
Current seats 14 10 4
Incumbent President

Cyril Ramaphosa
ANC



The 2024 South African general election will be held in 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province. These will be the seventh elections held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994. The new National Council of Provinces will be elected at the first sitting of each provincial legislature.

Electoral system[]

South Africa has a parliamentary system of government. The National Assembly has 400 members elected by a system of proportional representation with a closed list approach. Two hundred members are elected from national party lists, while the other 200 are elected from provincial party lists in each of the nine provinces.[1]

In June 2020, the Constitutional Court ruled in New Nation Movement NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa that the Electoral Act unconstitutional as it did not allow independents to contest national and provincial elections.[2] In February 2021, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi appointed a ministerial advisory committee led by Valli Moosa to recommend a new electoral system.[3] While the committee was divided, a slim majority of members favoured a hybrid system with half of the seats elected in constituencies and the other half elected through party lists.[4]

The President of South Africa will be elected by the National Assembly following the election.[5]

The provincial legislatures, which differ in size from 30 to 80 members, are also elected by a system of proportional representation with closed lists. The premiers of each province are elected by the respective provincial legislatures.[1]

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) comprises 90 members, ten elected by each of the provincial legislatures in proportion to the composition of the legislature. The NCOP members will be sworn in the day after the first sitting of the National Assembly.[1]

Opinion polls[]

Polling Organisation Fieldwork Date Sample
Size 		ANC DA EFF Others Don't
Know[a] 		Lead
Ipsos Jul – Sep 2020 3,758 50% 16% 13%
5%
 16% 34%
Ipsos 20 Sep – 8 Nov 2019 3,600 55% 13% 8%
6%
 18% 42%
2019 general election 8 May 2019 N/A 57.5% 20.8% 10.8% 10.1% N/A 36.7%

Notes[]

  1. ^ Includes Abstention and No answer responses

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Election for National Assembly". ElectionGuide. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ Mabuza, Ernest (11 June 2020). "Constitutional Court judgment opens door for independent candidates to stand for election". Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Electoral System hosts first consultative meeting". www.gov.za. Government of South Africa. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ Kgosana, Caiphus; Khoza, Amanda (13 June 2021). "Advisory committee divided on which electoral system to adopt". Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 July 2021.(Subscription required.)
  5. ^ Paton, Carol; Quintal, Genevieve (22 May 2019). "Cyril Ramaphosa elected as president by National Assembly". BusinessDay. Retrieved 4 January 2020.(Subscription required.)
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