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2019 South African general election

Wikidata Q19623664: 2019 South African general election Wikidata

2019 South African general election - point in time 2019-05-08

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC0-1.0

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The election

Date
8 May 2019
Date status
Held - Voting has taken place.

Wikidata Q19623664: 2019 South African general election Wikidata

2019 South African general election - point in time 2019-05-08

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC0-1.0

What is being elected
National Assembly

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Office
National Assembly
Who votes
The public, from age 18. Voting is not compulsory.

Results

Certified by the electoral authority. elekt reports the figures the sources publish; it does not call races or make projections.

Final results

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Turnout 66.1%

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

26,756,649 registered voters17,672,851 ballots cast
Seats won: 10 of 14 lines, as in the table
Results of 2019 South African general election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
African National Congress Elected10,026,47557.5%230

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Democratic Alliance Elected3,622,53120.8%84

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Economic Freedom Fighters Elected1,882,48010.8%44

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Inkatha Freedom Party Elected588,8393.4%14

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Freedom Front Plus Elected414,8642.4%10

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

African Christian Democratic Party Elected146,2620.8%4

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

United Democratic Movement Elected78,0300.5%2

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

African Transformation Movement Elected76,8300.4%2

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Good Elected70,4080.4%2

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

National Freedom Party Elected61,2200.4%2

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

African Independent Congress Elected48,1070.3%2

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Congress of the People Elected47,4610.3%2

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania Elected32,6770.2%1

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Al Jama-ah Elected31,4680.2%1

gov.za Official source

In the National Assembly: The Pan Africanist Congress with one (1) seat ... The African National Congress with two hundred and thirty seats (230).

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Registered | 26,756,649 Turnout | 66.05%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources

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