This article displays the various political parties' party candidate lists for the 2024 South African general election. [1]
The National Assembly of South Africa is elected every five years by party-list proportional representation using closed lists. [2]
The lists were first published on 26 March 2024, with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) allowing objections to be lodged, pending a final decision on 28 March 2024. In lists available on 27 March 2024, it was noticed that five parties had been removed, without notice from the IEC; Africa Restoration Alliance, All Game Changers, Arise South Africa, Bolsheviks Party of South Africa and Defenders of the People. [3]
Incumbent Members of Parliament standing for re-election are highlighted in bold.
The African National Congress (ANC) fielded 284 candidates for the election, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is seeking a second and final term as head of state. However, the party was criticized for provisionally including four ministers (Zizi Kodwa, Malusi Gigaba, David Mahlobo, and Gwede Mantashe) who were implicated in a corruption investigation into the administration of former president Jacob Zuma, pending the final results of an intraparty review. Fourteen other officials were either disqualified or not listed as candidates by the ANC over the same issue. [4]
Some independent candidates appear on the regional lists for more than one region.
uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) included former president Jacob Zuma at the top of its list. The IEC received objections to his eligibility, based on Section 47 of the Constitution, which stipulated that one cannot be elected to Parliament if sentenced to more than twelve months in prison, and five years has not passed since the sentence. Zuma was sentenced to fifteen months in prison in 2021. [5] [6] The IEC ruled that Zuma was not eligible to stand. [7] However, the Electoral Court overturned this decision, before the Constitutional Court] finally affirmed it, prohibiting Zuma from standing. [8] [9]
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