2019 South African General Election

8 May 2019 · The democratic era · 400 seats, 201 for a majority

General elections were held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new President, National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These were the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid in 1994 and determined who would become the next President of South Africa.

Government leader before

Cyril Ramaphosa

ANC

Government leader (continued)

Cyril Ramaphosa

ANC

Largest force

ANC

230 of 400 seats

Turnout

66.0%

The result

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ANC

Cyril Ramaphosa · 57.5% of votes · -19 seats

230

seats

Mmusi Maimane · 20.8% of votes · -5 seats

seats

EFF

Julius Malema · 10.8% of votes · +19 seats

seats

IFP

Mangosuthu Buthelezi · 3.4% of votes · +4 seats

seats

VF+

Pieter Groenewald · 2.4% of votes · +6 seats

seats

ACDP

Kenneth Meshoe · 0.8% of votes · +1 seats

seats


ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa	230	-19	10 026 475	57.5%	-4.7
DA	Mmusi Maimane	84	-5	3 622 531	20.8%	-1.5
EFF	Julius Malema	44	+19	1 882 480	10.8%	+4.5
IFP	Mangosuthu Buthelezi	14	+4	588 839	3.4%	+1.0
VF+	Pieter Groenewald	10	+6	414 864	2.4%	+1.5
ACDP	Kenneth Meshoe	4	+1	146 262	0.8%	+0.3

14 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.