| Characteristic | Share of voters |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 76.73% |
| 2009 | 77.3% |
| 2014 | 73.48% |
| 2019 | 66.05% |
| 2024 | 58.64% |
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June 2024
Africa, South Africa
2004 to 2023
The release date is the date of access.
Voter turnout is the percentage of persons registered voters who presented themselves to vote in the national and provincial elections.
Elections occur in South Africa once every five years, with provincial and national elections taking place at the same time, and local/municipal elections taking place two years later. South Africa uses the proportional representation electoral system for provincial and national elections, and a combination of the proportional representation and ward system for local/municipal elections. This means that South Africans vote for their chosen party in the provincial and national elections and vote for their chosen ward candidate in the local/municipal elections.
South African citizens from the age of 18 are eligible to vote. South Africans who live outside of South Africa are also allowed to vote, but only in the national elections. To vote in the provincial or local/municipal elections, South Africans have to be resident in South Africa and be within the province and municipality they have registered in. If they live in a different province or municipality to the one they originally registered in, they will have to re-register before voting day.
