The provincial seats are divided between the provinces based on the registered population in each. KwaZulu-Natal was allocated 80 seats.
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.
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Amount of seats in the KZN legislature in South Africa 2024, by political party
In 2024, the newly established uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party won the most seats in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature in South Africa, with ** seat allocations. The Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress followed, with ** and ** seats, respectively.Â
Despite receiving the most seats, the MK Party was unable to form a coalition as its only supporter was the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, which had an insufficient number of seats to form a provincial government.
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Independent Electoral Commission South Africa. (July 30, 2024). Number of seats held in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in South Africa in 2024, by political party [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1482570/number-of-seats-held-in-the-kwazulu-natal-legislature-in-south-africa-by-political-party/
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