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The 2019 Free State provincial election was held on 8 May 2019, concurrently with the 2019 South African general election, to elect the 30 members of the Free State Provincial Legislature.
The election was won by the African National Congress, the incumbent governing party in the province.
The African National Congress (ANC) did not announce a premier candidate before the election. Provincial chairperson Sam Mashinini was first on the ANC's list with incumbent premier Sisi Ntombela third on the list. [1] After the election, Ntombela was announced as the party's premier candidate and she was elected for another term at the first sitting of the legislature after the election. [2]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) chose Patricia Kopane, a two-term Member of Parliament and its leader in the Free State. [3] She defeated Coreen Malherbe for the position. [4]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) did not field a premier candidate, since the party seeks to abolish provincial governments. [5] Mandisa Makesini appeared first on the party's list. [6]
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) selected their incumbent provincial leader and former member of the provincial legislature, Jan van Niekerk. [7]
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 541,535 | 61.14 | –8.71 | 19 | –3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 155,694 | 17.58 | +1.35 | 6 | +1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 111,427 | 12.58 | +4.43 | 4 | +2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 35,031 | 3.96 | +1.86 | 1 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 6,897 | 0.78 | New | 0 | New | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 4,950 | 0.56 | +0.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 3,972 | 0.45 | –1.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Independent Congress | 3,960 | 0.45 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3,697 | 0.42 | –0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Democratic Change | 3,346 | 0.38 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Content Movement | 1,885 | 0.21 | New | 0 | New | |
| Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats | 1,646 | 0.19 | New | 0 | New | |
| Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party | 1,567 | 0.18 | New | 0 | New | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 1,513 | 0.17 | –0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Agang South Africa | 1,338 | 0.15 | –0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 1,309 | 0.15 | –0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 833 | 0.09 | –0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 826 | 0.09 | –0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Good | 709 | 0.08 | New | 0 | New | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 705 | 0.08 | –0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power of Africans Unity | 533 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Congress of Democrats | 505 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| Women Forward | 408 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Covenant | 365 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| Alliance for Transformation for All | 361 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| National Freedom Party | 288 | 0.03 | –0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Concerned Residents Organisation 4 Service Delivery | 253 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | |
| South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities | 124 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 885,677 | 100.00 | – | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 885,677 | 98.72 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 11,508 | 1.28 | ||||
| Total votes | 897,185 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,462,508 | 61.35 | ||||
| Source: Election Resources | ||||||
During the first sitting of the provincial legislature on 22 May 2019, Sisi Ntombela was re-elected as premier, while Zanele Sifuba was elected speaker, and Vusi Tshabalala was appointed chief whip. [8]
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