2024 South African provincial elections

This article summarizes the results of the 29 May 2024 South African provincial elections which were held concurrently with the general election. Voter turnout across the 232,292 voting districts was 58.6 percent.

Map of the 2024 South African provincial elections shaded by winning party and with seats illustrated.

Eastern Cape

See also: Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	1,114,294	62.16	6.58	45	1
	Democratic Alliance	267,007	14.89	0.84	11	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	181,855	10.14	2.30	8	3
	United Democratic Movement	66,572	3.71	1.11	3	1
	Patriotic Alliance	41,355	2.31	New	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	27,761	1.55	0.03	1	0
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	25,904	1.44	New	1	New
	Freedom Front Plus	9,321	0.52	0.06	1	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	9,168	0.51	0.10	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	8,642	0.48	0.01	0	0
	ActionSA	8,315	0.46	New	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	5,167	0.29	New	0	New
	African Independent Congress	3,935	0.22	0.20	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	3,884	0.22	0.14	0	0
	Build One South Africa	3,138	0.18	New	0	New
	Congress of the People	2,178	0.12	0.13	0	0
	Batho Pele Movement	2,078	0.12	New	0	New
	African People's Convention	1,770	0.10	0.03	0	–
	Good	1,683	0.09	0.15	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	1,543	0.09	0.06	0	0
	Alliance of Citizens for Change	1,511	0.08	New	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,343	0.07	0.02	0	0
	Arise South Africa	1,128	0.06	New	0	0
	African Congress for Transformation	1,047	0.06	New	0	0
	Komani Progress Action	976	0.05	New	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	877	0.05	New	0	0
	African Movement Congress	269	0.02	New	0	0
Total		1,792,721	100.00	–	72	–

Free State

See also: Free State Provincial Legislature

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	429,241	51.87	9.27	16	3
	Democratic Alliance	181,062	21.88	4.30	7	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	111,850	13.52	0.94	4	0
	Freedom Front Plus	24,933	3.01	0.95	1	0
	uMkhonto weSizwe	15,985	1.93	New	1	New
	African Congress for Transformation	15,120	1.83	New	1	New
	Patriotic Alliance	11,730	1.42	0.86	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	5,874	0.71	0.07	0	0
	ActionSA	4,503	0.54	New	0	New
	African Content Movement	4,414	0.53	0.32	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	3,967	0.48	0.06	0	0
	Build One South Africa	2,916	0.35	New	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	2,348	0.28	New	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,970	0.24	0.07	0	0
	Congress of the People	1,860	0.22	0.23	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,537	0.19	0.11	0	0
	Arise South Africa	1,453	0.18	New	0	New
	United Africans Transformation	1,408	0.17	New	0	New
	Forum 4 Service Delivery	1,193	0.14	New	0	New
	United Democratic Movement	986	0.12	0.03	0	0
	African People's Convention	672	0.08	0.07	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	560	0.07	New	0	New
	Sesing Johannes Ramotswabodi	558	0.07	New	0	New
	Good	483	0.06	0.02	0	0
	All Citizens Party	469	0.06	New	0	New
	National Freedom Party	241	0.03	0.00	0	0
	African Movement Congress	179	0.02	New	0	New
Total		827,512	100.00	–	30	–
Valid votes		827,512	99.01
Invalid/blank votes		8,280	0.99
Total votes		835,792	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,456,927	57.37
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

Gauteng

Main article: 2024 Gauteng provincial election

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	1,367,248	34.76	15.43	28	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,079,229	27.44	0.02	22	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	508,390	12.93	1.74	11	0
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	384,968	9.79	New	8	New
	ActionSA	163,541	4.16	New	3	New
	Freedom Front Plus	91,521	2.33	2.23	2	1
	Patriotic Alliance	79,964	2.03	1.99	2	2
	Rise Mzansi	38,496	0.98	New	1	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	34,250	0.87	0.02	1	0
	Build One South Africa	29,978	0.76	New	1	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	29,163	0.74	0.03	1	0
	Al Jama-ah	14,675	0.37	0.19	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	11,419	0.29	0.04	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	11,227	0.29	0.05	0	0
	United Africans Transformation	9,220	0.23	New	0	New
	Hope4SA	8,748	0.22	New	0	New
	United Democratic Movement	7,567	0.19	0.02	0	0
	Arise SA	5,723	0.15	New	0	New
	Good	5,307	0.13	0.07	0	0
	Congress of the People	5,151	0.13	0.11	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	4,877	0.12	0.04	0	0
	African Independent Congress	4,371	0.11	0.10	0	0
	Allied Movement for Change	4,348	0.11	New	0	New
	African Heart Congress	3,938	0.10	New	0	New
	Basic Income Grant SA	3,079	0.08	New	0	New
	South African Rainbow Alliance	2,745	0.07	New	0	New
	Action Alliance Development Party	2,716	0.07	New	0	New
	Operation Dudula	2,664	0.07	New	0	New
	African Congress for Transformation	2,384	0.06	New	0	New
	African People's Convention	2,308	0.06	0.01	0	0
	Economic Liberators Forum South Africa	1,512	0.04	New	0	New
	Alliance of Citizens for Change	1,482	0.04	New	0	New
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,322	0.03	New	0	New
	Africa Restoration Alliance	1,284	0.03	New	0	New
	National Freedom Party	1,248	0.03	0.04	0	0
	Africa Africans Reclaim	1,239	0.03	New	0	New
	Xiluva	980	0.02	New	0	New
	Sizwe Ummah Nation	810	0.02	New	0	New
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	797	0.02	New	0	New
	Azania Peaceful Revolution	794	0.02	New	0	New
	African Independent People's Organisation	727	0.02	New	0	New
	Mogano Tshepo Johannes	650	0.02	New	0	New
	Cibi Bonganni Wellington	503	0.01	New	0	New
	African People First	407	0.01	New	0	New
	African Movement Congress	277	0.01	New	0	New
Total		3,933,247	100.00	–	80	–
Valid votes		3,933,247	99.15
Invalid/blank votes		33,794	0.85
Total votes		3,967,041	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,541,978	60.64
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

Kwazulu-Natal

Results by municipality

  MK-30-40%

  MK-40-50%

  MK-50-60%

  MK-60-70%

  IFP-40-50%

  IFP-50-60%

  IFP-70-80%

  ANC-50-60%

  DA-40-50%

Main article: 2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	1,590,813	45.35	New	37	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	633,771	18.07	2.73	15	2
	African National Congress	595,958	16.99	27.23	14	30
	Democratic Alliance	468,515	13.36	0.54	11	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	79,211	2.26	7.65	2	6
	National Freedom Party	19,548	0.56	1.01	1	0
	Moodley Thanasagren Rubbanathan	12,323	0.35	New	0	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	11,366	0.32	0.16	0	1
	ActionSA	9,569	0.27	New	0	New
	Allied Movement for Change	8,007	0.23	New	0	New
	Patriotic Alliance	7,843	0.22	New	0	New
	African Transformation Movement	6,477	0.18	0.31	0	1
	Democratic Liberal Congress	6,126	0.17	0.21	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	6,012	0.17	0.11	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	5,638	0.16	0.15	0	0
	Build One South Africa	4,648	0.13	New	0	New
	African People's Movement	4,117	0.12	New	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	3,898	0.11	New	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,817	0.11	0.04	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	3,626	0.10	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	3,615	0.10	0.04	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	3,214	0.09	New	0	New
	People's Freedom Party	3,162	0.09	New	0	New
	Sizwe Ummah Nation	2,731	0.08	New	0	New
	United Democratic Movement	2,565	0.07	0.03	0	0
	African Independent Congress	2,527	0.07	0.19	0	0
	African Movement Congress	2,049	0.06	New	0	New
	Good	2,005	0.06	0.05	0	0
	Arise SA	1,958	0.06	New	0	New
	African People First	1,007	0.03	New	0	New
	Economic Liberators Forum South Africa	679	0.02	New	0	New
	All Citizens Party	631	0.02	New	0	New
	Africa Restoration Alliance	629	0.02	New	0	New
Total		3,508,055	100.00	–	80	–
Valid votes		3,508,055	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		39,761	1.12
Total votes		3,547,816	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,738,249	61.83
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

Limpopo

Results by municipality

  ANC-50-60%

  ANC-60-70%

  ANC-70-80%

  ANC-80-90%

See also: Limpopo Provincial Legislature

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	1,037,627	73.30	48
	Economic Freedom Fighters	199,900	14.12	9
	Democratic Alliance	84,388	5.96	4
	Freedom Front Plus	15,393	1.09	1
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	12,027	0.85	1
	United Africans Transformation	11,653	0.82	1
	Others	54,607	3.86	0
Total		1,415,595	100.00	64

Mpumalanga

See also: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	584,609	51.31	27
	uMkhonto weSizwe	193,995	17.03	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	158,511	13.91	7
	Democratic Alliance	137,408	12.06	6
	Freedom Front Plus	17,514	1.54	1
	ActionSA	5,727	0.50	1
	United Africans Transformation	5,512	0.48	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	5,401	0.47	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,352	0.47	0
	African Transformation Movement	4,918	0.43	0
	African Independent People's Organisation	4,004	0.35	0
	African People's Convention	3,542	0.31	0
	Patriotic Alliance	1,911	0.17	0
	Rise Mzansi	2,189	0.19	0
	Build One South Africa	2,147	0.19	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,811	0.16	0
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	1,064	0.09	0
	United Democratic Movement	916	0.08	0
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	793	0.07	0
	Good	501	0.04	0
	Economic Liberators Forum	480	0.04	0
	National Freedom Party	443	0.04	0
	Able Leadership	258	0.02	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	258	0.02	0
	African Movement Congress	163	0.01	0
Total		1,139,427	100.00	51

Northern Cape

Main article: 2024 Northern Cape provincial election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	195,267	49.34	15
	Democratic Alliance	83,848	21.19	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	52,433	13.25	4
	Patriotic Alliance	34,180	8.64	3
	Freedom Front Plus	7,239	1.83	1
	Northern Cape Communities Movement	6,547	1.65	–
	uMkhonto weSizwe	3,111	0.79	–
	ActionSA	2,015	0.51	–
	Good	1,849	0.47	–
	#Hope4SA	1,745	0.44	–
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,498	0.38	–
	Congress of the People	1,007	0.25	–
	Build One South Africa	995	0.25	–
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	701	0.18	–
	Rise Mzansi	627	0.16	–
	Africa Restoration Alliance	458	0.12	–
	African Congress for Transformation	453	0.11	–
	Arise South Africa	418	0.11	–
	African Transformation Movement	412	0.10	–
	Inkatha Freedom Party	303	0.08	–
	People's Movement for Change	188	0.05	–
	South African Royal Kingdoms Association	177	0.04	–
	All Citizens Party	173	0.04	–
	South African Youth Power Party	138	0.03	–
Total		395,782	100.00	30
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

North West

See also: North West Provincial Legislature

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	510,994	57.73	4.03	21	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	153,743	17.37	1.27	8	1
	Democratic Alliance	117,168	13.24	2.06	5	1
	Freedom Front Plus	23,003	2.60	1.72	1	1
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	18,198	2.06	New	1	New
	ActionSA	15,053	1.70	New	1	New
	Patriotic Alliance	8,040	0.91	0.88	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	5,143	0.58	0.25	0
	United Africans Transformation	4,779	0.54	New	0	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	3,941	0.45	0.11	0
	Build One South Africa	3,892	0.44	New	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	3,189	0.36	New	0	New
	African Independent Congress	2,182	0.25	0.21	0
	United Democratic Movement	2,132	0.24	0.06	0
	Arise South Africa	1,740	0.20	New	0	New
	Congress of the People	1,738	0.20	0.07	0
	African Congress for Transformation	1,591	0.18	New	0	New
	African Transformation Movement	1,396	0.16	0.23	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,335	0.15	0.07	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,330	0.15	0.04	0
	Economic Liberators Forum	1,053	0.12	New	0	New
	Al Jama-ah	725	0.08	New	0	New
	African People's Convention	707	0.08	0.07	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	510	0.06	New	0	New
	Good	500	0.06	0.06	0
	Sizwe Ummah Nation	485	0.05	New	0	New
	All Citizens Party	413	0.05	New	0	New
	African Movement Congress	226	0.03	New	0	New
Total		885,206	100.00	–	37	–
Valid votes		885,206	98.70
Invalid/blank votes		11,663	1.30
Total votes		896,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,768,576	50.71
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

Western Cape

Main article: 2024 Western Cape provincial election

Results by municipality

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Alliance	1,088,423	55.30	–0.1	24	0
	African National Congress	384,853	19.55	–9.1	8	–4
	Patriotic Alliance	153,607	7.80	New	3	New
	Economic Freedom Fighters	104,354	5.30	+1.3	2	0
	National Coloured Congress	46,770	2.38	New	1	New
	Freedom Front Plus	28,471	1.45	-0.1	1	0
	Al Jama-ah	25,537	1.30	+1.3	1	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	25,363	1.29	-1.4	1	0
	Good	22,207	1.13	-1.9	1	0
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	11,263	0.57	New	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	9,954	0.51	New	0	New
	Africa Restoration Alliance	8,318	0.42	New	0	New
	Build One South Africa	8,028	0.41	New	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress	6,151	0.31	+0.1	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	5,933	0.30	0	0	0
	ActionSA	5,788	0.29	New	0	New
	African Transformation Movement	5,581	0.28	0	0	0
	Referendum Party	5,110	0.26	New	0	New
	People's Movement for Change	5,074	0.26	New	0	New
	Allied Movement for Change	5,065	0.26	New	0	New
	Allied of Citizens for Change	2,430	0.12	New	0	New
	Land Party	1,865	0.09	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	1,774	0.09	0	0	0
	Arise South Africa	1,772	0.09	New	0	New
	African Independent Congress	1,481	0.08	0	0	0
	Sizwe Ummah Nation	998	0.05	New	0	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	824	0.04	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	813	0.04	0	0	0
	O.D.	456	0.02	New	0	New
Total		1,968,263	100.00	–	42	–
Valid votes		1,968,263	99.25
Invalid/blank votes		14,874	0.75
Total votes		1,983,137	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,317,072	59.79
Source: Independent Electoral Commission, Daily Maverick and News24