Next South African general election

Next South African general election

←  2024 TBD
All 400 seats to the National Assembly of South Africa 201 seats needed for a majority
Leader Cyril Ramaphosa John Steenhuisen Jacob Zuma Party ANC DA MK Last election 40.18%, 159 seats 21.81%, 87 seats 14.58%, 58 seats   Leader Julius Malema Velenkosini Hlabisa Gayton McKenzie Party EFF IFP PA Last election 9.52%, 39 seats 3.85%, 17 seats 2.06%, 9 seats
Incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa Government of National Unity

The next South African general election will be held by 2029 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province of South Africa. These will be the eighth elections held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.

Opinion polls

Polling Organisation	Fieldwork Date	Sample Size	ANC	DA	MK	EFF	IFP	Others	Don't Know [a]	Lead
Social Research Foundation [1]	June 2025	—	40%	26%	18%	3%	3%	—	—	14
IRR [2]	March - April 2025	807	29.7%	30.3%	15.9%	10.2%	1.7%			0.6
Social Research Foundation [1]	February 2025	—	32%	25%	12%	6%	3%	—	—	7
IRR [2]	September - October 2024		41.3%	22.3%	11.6%	6.9%	5.5%			19
Social Research Foundation [1]	September 2024	—	45%	24%	12%	6%	5%	—	—	21
2024 general election	29 May 2024	—	40.2%	21.8%	14.6%	9.5%	3.9%	10.0%	—	18.4

Notes

1. Includes abstention and no answer responses

References

1. "South Africa's Biggest Political Party Regains Ground, Poll finds". Bloomberg.
2. Pretorius, Hermann (April 2025). "Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling April 2025" (PDF). South African Institute of Race Relations.