REMINDER: How KwaZulu-Natal voted in the 2019 national elections
South Africa will go to the polls for the seventh national elections on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. A reminder as to how voting in 2019 looked.
South Africans will go to the polls for the seventh national elections since 1994 on Wednesday, 29 May 2024.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday determined the date “in accordance with section 49(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, read with section 17 of the Electoral act of 1998”, according to a statement released by the Presidency.
The most recent elections took place in 2019.
Here’s a reminder of how the voting went in the KwaZulu-Natal province …
Registered population – 5 524 666
Total votes cast – 3 654 701
Total valid votes – 3 598 281
Spoilt votes – 56 420
Voter turnout – 66.15%
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
ANC | 1 951 027 | 54.22 | 44 |
IFP | 588 046 | 16.34 | 13 |
DA | 500 051 | 13.90 | 11 |
EFF | 349 361 | 9.71 | 8 |
NFP | 56 587 | 1.57 | 1 |
MF | 18 864 | 0.52 | 1 |
ATM | 17 729 | 0.49 | 1 |
ACDP | 17 214 | 0.48 | 1 |
Above list includes all parties who achieved at least one seat