Where South Africa’s political parties stand with 97% of votes in

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: 

• A 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 were 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

Party	2024 National Ballot	2024 Regional Ballot	2019 National Vote
ANC	40.1	39.3	57.5
DA	21.7	21.7	20.8
MK	14.8	14.4	*
EFF	9.4	9.7	10.8
IFP	4	4.5	3.38
Patriotic Alliance	2.1	2.3	0.04

*Did not contest previous election

Gauteng

Registered voters: 6.54 million

Votes tallied: 3,660,500

2,652 of 2,797 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	34.3	50.2
DA	28	27.5
EFF	12.9	14.7
MK	9.7	*
ActionSA	4.2	*
FF+	2.4	3.56
Patriotic Alliance	2	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

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	17	54.2
IFP	18	16.3
DA	13.4	13.9
EFF	2.2	9.7
MK	45.3	*

*Did not contest previous election

Western Cape

Registered voters: 3.31 million

Votes tallied: 1,950,534

1,562 of 1,572 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
DA	55.3	55.5
ANC	19.5	28.6
EFF	5.3	4
GOOD	1.1	3
Patriotic Alliance	7.9	*
National Coloured Congress	2.4	*

*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

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	63.3	68.7
DA	14	15.7
EFF	10	7.8
UDM	3.8	2.6

 

Mpumalanga

Registered voters: 2.03 million

Votes tallied: 1,145,113

1,801 of 1,811 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	50.1	70.6
EFF	13.9	12.8
DA	12.1	9.8
MK	17.1	*

*Did not contest previous election

Limpopo

Registered voters: 2.78 million

Votes tallied: 1,412,575

3,196 of 3,216 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	73.4	75.5
EFF	14	14.4
DA	6	5.4

North West

Registered voters: 1.77 million

Votes tallied: 821,703

1,689 of 1,738 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	58.5	61.9
EFF	17.3	18.6
DA	12.7	11.2

Free State

Registered voters: 1.45 million

Votes tallied: 833,839

1,584 of 1,586 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	52	61.1
DA	21.7	17.6
EFF	13.5	12.6

Northern Cape

Registered voters: 655,286

Votes tallied: 400,185 for voter turnout of 61%

All 730 voting districts counted

Party	% Share of 2024 Vote	% Share of 2019 Vote
ANC	49.34	57.5
DA	21.19	25.5
EFF	13.25	9.7
PA	8.64	*

*Did not contest previous election