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The South African Electoral Commission IEC scheduled the National & provincial elections in South Africa to be held on 8^th May 2019. The electorate of South Africa cast their vote to choose the representatives on behalf of them in National Assembly through national elections and they cast their vote to choose the Provincial Legislature representatives on behalf of them through Provincial elections. Both national elections and the provincial elections are different but the IEC of South Africa scheduled them on the same day. The eligible voters of Republic of South Africa are going to cast their national vote and provincial vote on the same day.

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Electoral System of South Africa:

The South Africa Electoral system is a Parliamentary Election system. The voting system in South Africa is PR voting system. PR – Proportional representation, the electorate of South Africa cast their vote to the political parties rather voting the candidates. The National & Provincial elections are held based on the PR voting system.

Major Political Parties in South Africa:

• African National Congress
• Democratic Alliance
• Economic Freedom Fighters

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National & Provincial Elections in South Africa:

The National elections are held once in 5 years to form the national assembly which is led by the President of South Africa and the provincial elections are like local elections these elections are held once in 5 years to form the provincial legislatures. The IEC of South Africa scheduled the General elections for both National Assembly and the Provincial Legislatures on 8^th of this month. These National & Provincial elections are held by the PR voting system. The electorate cast their vote to the political parties, these political parties depending on their PR Voting percentage will get their share or seats in the Parliament. Depending on the percentage of votes polled and the total percentage of votes present in the South Africa, Political Parties decides the number of members.

2014 General Election Results:

The South African National Assembly constitutes 400 seats out of these 400 seats ANC African National party won 249 seats and formed the Government in the year 2014 whereas the Democratic Alliance party won 89 seats stood second place and the Economic freedom Fighters EEF party won 25 seats stood third place.

S.NO	Name of the Political Party	Number of Seats Won
1	African National Congress -ANC	249
2	Democratic Alliance	89
3	Economic Freedom Fighters – EFF	25
4	IFP	10
5	National Freedom Party	6
6	UDM	4
7	Freedom Front Plus	4
8	Congress of the People	3
9	African Christian Democratic Party	3
10	African Independent Congress	3
11	Agang SA	2
12	PAC	1
13	African People’s Convention	1
14	Al Jama-ah	0
15	Minority Front	0
16	United Christian Democratic Party	0
17	Azanian People’s Organization	0
18	Bushbuckridge Residents Association	0
19	Independent Civic Organization	0
20	Patriotic Alliance	0
21	Workers and Socialist Party	0
22	Ubuntu Party	0
23	Kingdom Governance Movement	0
24	Front National	0
25	Keep It Straight and Simple Party	0
26	Pan Africanist Movement	0
27	First Nation Liberation Alliance	0
28	United Congress	0
29	People’s Alliance	0

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2019 National &  Provincial Election Results:

S.NO	Name of the Political Party	Number of Seats Won
1	African National Congress -ANC
2	Democratic Alliance
3	Economic Freedom Fighters – EFF
4	IFP
5	National Freedom Party
6	UDM
7	Freedom Front Plus
8	Congress of the People
9	African Christian Democratic Party
10	African Independent Congress
11	Agang SA
12	PAC
13	African People’s Convention
14	Al Jama-ah
15	Minority Front
16	United Christian Democratic Party
17	Azanian People’s Organization
18	Bushbuckridge Residents Association
19	Independent Civic Organization
20	Patriotic Alliance
21	Workers and Socialist Party
22	Ubuntu Party
23	Kingdom Governance Movement
24	Front National
25	Keep It Straight and Simple Party
26	Pan Africanist Movement
27	First Nation Liberation Alliance
28	United Congress
29	People’s Alliance

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