2024 Election results: ANC left shell-shocked with 97% of votes counted

 ·1 Jun 2024

These are the latest verified results from South Africa’s national election, released by the Electoral Commission of South Africa.

The tables show support for the African National Congress, Democratic Alliance, uMkhonto weSizwe Party, Economic Freedom Fighters and some smaller parties. 

About 27.7 million people registered to vote.

For 2024, voters received two national ballots: 

  • national ballot contested solely by political parties — 200 National Assembly seats will be allocated from here. It contained 52 parties
  • A new national-regional ballot, where independent candidates can — for the first time — contest for the remaining 200 National Assembly seats together with political parties. This paper differs from province to province, and there are six independents running in four provinces

Note: The partial results may not be an accurate indication of the final outcome because counting from rural areas and townships where the ANC has historically had more support tends to take longer. Population density in the different voting districts can also be a variable. 

Note: The portion of results completed reflects the percentage of voting districts that have completed their count of the national ballot. 

Percentage share of vote on national and national-regional ballots

  • For national, 15.3 million votes counted and verified, and 22,827 of 23,292 voting districts completed
  • For national-regional, 14.6 million votes counted and verified, and 22,784 of 23,292 voting districts completed
Political Party2024 National2024 Regional2019 National
ANC40.1%39.3%57.5%
DA21.7%21.7%20.8%
MK14.8%14.4%*
EFF9.4%9.7%10.8%
IFP4.0%4.5%3.4%
PA2.1%2.3%*
*Did not contest previous election

Gauteng

  • Registered voters: 6.54 million
  • Votes tallied: 3,660,500
  • 2,652 of 2,797 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC34.3%50.2%
DA28.0%27.5%
EFF12.9%14.7%
MK9.7%
Action SA4.2%*
FF+2.4%3.6%
PA2.0%0.04%
*Did not contest previous election

KwaZulu-Natal

  • Registered voters: 5.74 million
  • Votes tallied: 3,522,320
  • 4,949 of 4,974 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
MK45.3%*
ANC17.0%54.2%
IFP18.0%16.3%
DA13.4%13.9%
EFF2.2%9.7%
*Did not contest previous election

Western Cape

  • Registered voters: 3.31 million
  • Votes tallied: 1950,534
  • 1,562 of 1,572 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
DA55.3%55.5%
ANC19.5%28.6%
PA7.9%*
EFF5.3%4.0%
CCC2.4%*
GOOD 1.1%3.0%
*Did not contest previous election

Eastern Cape

  • Registered voters: 3.44 million
  • Votes tallied: 1,701,948
  • 4,793 of 4,868 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC63.3%68.7%
DA14.0%15.7%
EFF10.0%7.8%
UDM3.8%2.6%
*Did not contest previous election

Mpumalanga

  • Registered voters: 2.03 million
  • Votes tallied: 1,145,113
  • 1,801 of 1,811 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC50.1%70.6%
EFF13.9%12.8%
DA12.1%9.8%
MK17.1%*
*Did not contest previous election

Limpopo

  • Registered voters: 2.78 million
  • Votes tallied: 1,412,575
  • 3,196 of 3,216 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC73.4%75.5%
EFF14.0%14.4%
DA6.0%5.4%
*Did not contest previous election

North West

  • Registered voters: 1.77 million
  • Votes tallied: 821,703
  • 1,689 of 1,738 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC58.5%61.9%
EFF17.3%18.6%
DA12.73%11.2%
*Did not contest previous election

Free State

  • Registered voters: 1.45 million
  • Votes tallied: 833,839
  • 1,584 of 1,586 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC52.0%61.1%
DA21.7%17.6%
EFF13.5%12.6%
*Did not contest previous election

Northern Cape

  • Registered voters: 655,286
  • Votes tallied: 400,185
  • Voter turnout: 61%
  • All 730 voting districts counted
Political Party% Share of 2024 Vote% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC49.3%57.5%
DA21.2%25.5%
EFF13.3%9.7%
PA8.6%*
*Did not contest previous election

Read: How seats in the National Assembly will be allocated after all the votes are counted

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