{ "data": { "id": "south-africa-general-2024", "country": "ZA", "country_name": "South Africa", "level": "national", "subdivision": null, "subdivision_name": null, "date": "2024-05-29", "date_status": "declared", "date_window": null, "kind": "general", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Africa/Johannesburg", "status": "final-expected", "last_verified_at": "2026-10-03T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-03: IEC Electoral Commission 2024 National and Provincial Elections Report (RP176/2024, parliament.gov.za); IEC results portal results.elections.org.za (Detailed Results and Seat Calculation reports, 2024 National Ballot); IEC Copyright notice and Disclaimer (elections.org.za); Electoral Act 73 of 1998 ss.55, 57 (gov.za)", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts not copied (IEC terms allow personal, non-commercial use only)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/south-africa-general-2024", "races": [ { "id": "national-assembly", "key": "south-africa-general-2024/national-assembly", "name": "National Assembly", "body": "legislature-lower", "seats": 400, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2024-05-29T19:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "za-iec", "name": "Electoral Commission of South Africa", "name_local": null, "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.elections.org.za/", "results_index": "https://results.elections.org.za/", "open_data": null }, "status": "final-expected", "expected_stage_now": "final-result", "observed": true, "final_observed": { "at": "2024-06-02T21:59:59Z", "source": "https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/OISD/Reports/Electoral_Commission/2025/november/13-11-2025/Electoral_Commission_National_and_Provincial_Elections_Report_2024_140725_1.pdf" }, "final_expected": { "from": "2024-05-31T19:00:00Z", "by": "2024-06-05T21:59:59Z", "confidence": "announced", "basis": "FINAL ACT: the Commission's declaration of the result under Electoral Act s.57, at the national Results Operations Centre (Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand) on Sunday 2 June 2024, day 4 after polling. The IEC's own record is its 2024 National and Provincial Elections Report: 'The Electoral Commission hosted the results announcement on 2 June 2024 at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand' and 'completed the results process within four days (on 2 June 2024)'; 'As at 15h00 on 2 June 2024, the Electoral Commission had considered all Section 55 objections.' The report gives the date but no time of the declaration, so observedAt is the end of 2 June 2024 local (23:59:59 SAST = 21:59:59 UTC), stated as such; the time of the ceremony was not taken from press. No IEC-hosted media release of the declaration was found (elections.org.za news paths returned 403/404 on 3 Oct 2026). EXPECTED: s.57(2): declare 'within seven days after the voting day, but not (a) sooner than 21:00 of the second day after the voting day; or (b) before all objections ... have been dealt with' - for polling Wed 29 May 2024, between 21:00 SAST Fri 31 May (19:00 UTC) and Wed 5 Jun 2024; expectedBy is the end of 5 Jun SAST. The Commission extended the objection deadline to 18:00 on 1 June (IEC report). Polls: 07:00-21:00 SAST (IEC report), UTC+2 with no DST, so 19:00 UTC; stations could stay open for voters already in the queue. The 400 seats are one allocation from the national ballot (200 national PR seats) and the nine regional ballots (200 regional seats), per the IEC Seat Calculation Report. Electoral Court challenges (ATM, ARA, MK) did not suspend the result and no court must confirm it, so there is no court-validation stage. COUNTS NOT COPIED: the IEC's Copyright notice (https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice, read 3 Oct 2026): 'The use of any material on this site for commercial purposes is a breach of copyright. Material may be retrieved and displayed, printed or reproduced in unaltered form only for personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. All other rights are reserved.' Its Disclaimer (https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Disclaimer) cl. 2.1-2.2: content may be used 'for personal, educational and/or non-commercial purposes only' and 'shall not be used or exploited by Users for any commercial and non-private purposes without the prior written consent of IEC'. Under the licence rule (non-commercial-only terms), no results are given here. The Government Gazette of 6 June 2024 lists the elected representatives (IEC report p.92); not read, and not expected to carry vote counts." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2024-05-31T19:00:00Z", "by": "2024-06-05T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "FINAL ACT: the Commission's declaration of the result under Electoral Act s.57, at the national Results Operations Centre (Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand) on Sunday 2 June 2024, day 4 after polling. The IEC's own record is its 2024 National and Provincial Elections Report: 'The Electoral Commission hosted the results announcement on 2 June 2024 at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand' and 'completed the results process within four days (on 2 June 2024)'; 'As at 15h00 on 2 June 2024, the Electoral Commission had considered all Section 55 objections.' The report gives the date but no time of the declaration, so observedAt is the end of 2 June 2024 local (23:59:59 SAST = 21:59:59 UTC), stated as such; the time of the ceremony was not taken from press. No IEC-hosted media release of the declaration was found (elections.org.za news paths returned 403/404 on 3 Oct 2026). EXPECTED: s.57(2): declare 'within seven days after the voting day, but not (a) sooner than 21:00 of the second day after the voting day; or (b) before all objections ... have been dealt with' - for polling Wed 29 May 2024, between 21:00 SAST Fri 31 May (19:00 UTC) and Wed 5 Jun 2024; expectedBy is the end of 5 Jun SAST. The Commission extended the objection deadline to 18:00 on 1 June (IEC report). Polls: 07:00-21:00 SAST (IEC report), UTC+2 with no DST, so 19:00 UTC; stations could stay open for voters already in the queue. The 400 seats are one allocation from the national ballot (200 national PR seats) and the nine regional ballots (200 regional seats), per the IEC Seat Calculation Report. Electoral Court challenges (ATM, ARA, MK) did not suspend the result and no court must confirm it, so there is no court-validation stage. COUNTS NOT COPIED: the IEC's Copyright notice (https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice, read 3 Oct 2026): 'The use of any material on this site for commercial purposes is a breach of copyright. Material may be retrieved and displayed, printed or reproduced in unaltered form only for personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. All other rights are reserved.' Its Disclaimer (https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Disclaimer) cl. 2.1-2.2: content may be used 'for personal, educational and/or non-commercial purposes only' and 'shall not be used or exploited by Users for any commercial and non-private purposes without the prior written consent of IEC'. Under the licence rule (non-commercial-only terms), no results are given here. The Government Gazette of 6 June 2024 lists the elected representatives (IEC report p.92); not read, and not expected to carry vote counts.", "source": null, "observedAt": "2024-06-02T21:59:59Z", "observedSource": "https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/OISD/Reports/Electoral_Commission/2025/november/13-11-2025/Electoral_Commission_National_and_Provincial_Elections_Report_2024_140725_1.pdf" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://results.elections.org.za/home/NPEPublicReports/1334/National%20Ballot/Results%20Report/National.pdf", "role": "results-final", "kind": "race_results", "kindReason": "election code and results marker", "resolvable": true, "origin": "race", "note": "IEC 'Results Reports - Detailed Results', 2024 NATIONAL ELECTION, Ballot: National Ballot, All Provinces (2 pages; Excel version at the same path, National.xls). Stamped 'Results as at: 21/06/2024 01:51:28 PM'. Votes and % per party for each province and Out of Country, total valid votes, spoilt votes, total votes cast and registered population. Reached via the IEC downloads page (election 1334, report 'Detailed Results', province 'ALL'). Counts NOT copied: see the licence note under final-result. Read 3 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://results.elections.org.za/home/NPEPublicReports/1334/National%20Ballot/Seat%20Calculation/National.pdf", "role": "results-final", "kind": "race_results", "kindReason": "election code and results marker", "resolvable": true, "origin": "race", "note": "IEC 'Seat Calculation Report - National', 2024 NATIONAL ELECTION, stamped 'Results as at: 06/06/2024 11:56:55 AM': seats calculated, assigned and forfeited per party for each of the nine regions, 'Regional Total (200)', 'National PR (200)' and 'Overall Total (400)'. Excel version at the same path, National.xls. No vote figures. Read 3 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://results.elections.org.za/home/Downloads/NPE-Results", "role": "see-also", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results section without an election code", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "IEC downloadable National and Provincial results reports (PDF/Excel), election-year selector (2024 NATIONAL ELECTION = id 1334); reports: Detailed Results, Voter Turnout, Spoilt Votes, Seat Calculation, Leading Parties, Party Support, downloadable report data. An index, not a page for this election.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "IEC NPE results dashboard (year selector 2004-2024; National Assembly and Provincial Legislature views). Index, not specific to this election.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/OISD/Reports/Electoral_Commission/2025/november/13-11-2025/Electoral_Commission_National_and_Provincial_Elections_Report_2024_140725_1.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Electoral Commission, '2024 National and Provincial Elections Report' (RP176/2024, ISBN 978-1-77997-061-9; tabled in Parliament, hosted on parliament.gov.za). Timeline: 'Election Day on 29 May ... from 07h00-21h00'; 'Results announcement on 2 June 2024'. p.89: 'the Electoral Commission completed the results process within four days (on 2 June 2024)'; objections deadline extended 'to 18h00 on 1 June 2024'; 'As at 15h00 on 2 June 2024, the Electoral Commission had considered all Section 55 objections' (110 decided, 85 rejected, 17 upheld, 35 recounts ordered); Electoral Court challenges by ATM (0035/24EC), ARA (0032/24EC) and MK (0034/24EC), opposed by the Commission. p.92: list of 830 elected representatives handed to the Chief Justice and published in the Government Gazette on 6 June 2024. Read 3 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/a73-98.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Electoral Act 73 of 1998 as published: s.55 (objections), s.57 (the Commission must declare the result within seven days after voting day, not sooner than 21:00 of the second day and not before all s.55 objections are dealt with). Later amendments (incl. the Electoral Amendment Act 2023, Schedule 1A) not checked line by line.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": null }, { "url": "https://results.elections.org.za/", "role": "results-index", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.org.za/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/south-africa-general-2024#national-assembly" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-03.3531b9d3", "built_at": "2026-10-03T12:45:54Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-03T15:00:37.706Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }