South Africa: share of overseas votes 2024

In 2024, the distribution of out-of-country votes in the national elections in South Africa resulted in the Democratic Alliance (DA) receiving the vast majority of the votes, with just over 75 percent of the votes. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) followed with a share of 4.4 percent. A large number of these overseas votes were cast in the United Kingdom.

Distribution of out-of-country national election results in South Africa in 2024, by political party

Characteristic	Share of votes
Democratic Alliance (DA)	75.2%
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)	4.4%
African National Congress (ANC)	3.9%
Rise Mzansi (RISE)	3.5%
Vryheidsfront Plus (VF PLUS)	3%
ActionSA	3%
Build One South Africa (BOSA)	1.4%
uMkhonto weSizwe (M.K.)	1.2%
Patriotic Alliance (PA)	1%
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)	0.7%
Good	0.4%
United Democratic Movement (UDM)	0.3%
Al Jama-ah (ALJAMA)	0.3%
United Independent Movement (UDM)	0.2%
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)	0.2%
#Hope4SA	0.2%
Referendum Party (RP)	0.1%
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)	0.1%
National Colored Congress (CCC)	0.1%
African Transformation Movement (ATM)	0.1%
Congress of the People (COPE)	0.1%
Organic Humanity Movement (OHM)	0.1%
Allied Movement for Change (AM4C)	0.1%
Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO)	0.1%

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Release date

July 2024

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Region

Africa, South Africa

Survey time period

2024

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

The release date is the date of access.

Voting abroad is considered to be a special vote. South Africans abroad can only partake in the national elections and must vote at their chosen voting station on May 18, 2024. They cannot vote in the regional elections for the National Assembly, the provincial elections or the municipal elections. Voters are required to present a valid South African ID book or a smart card ID, or a valid temporary identity certificate. South African citizens from the age of 18 are eligible to vote.

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 elections and vote for their chosen ward candidate in the local/municipal elections.

Parties shown in this statistic are only those with a 0.1 percent share of votes or higher.

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