2024 South African general election

2024 South African general election

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All 400 seats in the National Assembly 201 seats needed for a majority
Registered	27,782,081
Turnout	58.64% ( 7.41pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Cyril Ramaphosa John Steenhuisen Jacob Zuma[a] Party ANC DA MK Last election 57.50%, 230 seats 20.77%, 84 seats Did not exist Seats won 159 87 58 Seat change 71 3 New party Popular vote 6,459,683 3,505,735 2,344,309 Percentage 40.18% 21.81% 14.58% Swing 17.32pp 1.04pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Julius Malema Velenkosini Hlabisa Gayton McKenzie Party EFF IFP PA Last election 10.80%, 44 seats 3.38%, 14 seats 0.04%, 0 seats Seats won 39 17 9 Seat change 5 3 9 Popular vote 1,529,961 618,207 330,425 Percentage 9.52% 3.85% 2.06% Swing 1.28pp 0.47pp 2.02pp
Government before election Second Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa ANC-Good Government after election Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa ANC-DA-IFP-PA

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General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces.^[1][2] This was the 7th general election held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994. The new National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will be elected at the first sitting of each provincial legislature.

Support for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) significantly declined in this election; the ANC remained the largest party but lost the parliamentary majority that it had held since the inaugural post-apartheid election in 1994. The centrist Democratic Alliance (DA) remained in second place with a slight increase. uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a left-wing populist party founded 6 months prior to the election and led by former president Jacob Zuma, came in third place.^[3]

On 14 June 2024, the ANC, the DA, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA), agreed to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa.^[4][5]

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