In 2024, the total number of votes cast in the national and provincial election in South Africa amounted to around 16.3 million. Of these votes, approximately 16.1 million were constituted as valid.
Total number of valid and spoiled votes cast in the national election in South Africa in 2024
(in thousands)
Elections occur in South Africa once every five years, with provincial and national elections taking place at the same time, and local/municipal elections taking place two years later. South Africa uses the proportional representation electoral system for provincial and national elections, and a combination of the proportional representation and ward system for local/municipal elections. This means that South Africans vote for their chosen party in the provincial and national election and vote for their chosen ward candidate in local/municipal election.
South African citizens from the age of 18 are eligible to vote. South Africans who live outside of South Africa are also allowed to vote, but only in the national elections. To vote in the provincial or local/municipal elections, South Africans have to be resident in South Africa and be within the province and municipality they have registered in. If they live in a different province or municipality to the one they originally registered in, they will have to re-register before voting day.
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Independent Electoral Commission South Africa. (June 4, 2024). Total number of valid and spoiled votes cast in the national election in South Africa in 2024 (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471480/total-number-of-votes-cast-in-the-national-election-in-south-africa/
Independent Electoral Commission South Africa. "Total number of valid and spoiled votes cast in the national election in South Africa in 2024 (in thousands)." Chart. June 4, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471480/total-number-of-votes-cast-in-the-national-election-in-south-africa/
Independent Electoral Commission South Africa. (2024). Total number of valid and spoiled votes cast in the national election in South Africa in 2024 (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471480/total-number-of-votes-cast-in-the-national-election-in-south-africa/
Independent Electoral Commission South Africa. "Total Number of Valid and Spoiled Votes Cast in The National Election in South Africa in 2024 (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471480/total-number-of-votes-cast-in-the-national-election-in-south-africa/
Independent Electoral Commission South Africa, Total number of valid and spoiled votes cast in the national election in South Africa in 2024 (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471480/total-number-of-votes-cast-in-the-national-election-in-south-africa/ (last visited January 06, 2025)
Total number of valid and spoiled votes cast in the national election in South Africa in 2024 (in thousands) [Graph], Independent Electoral Commission South Africa, June 4, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471480/total-number-of-votes-cast-in-the-national-election-in-south-africa/
