Next South African general election
By 2029
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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. They will be the eighth elections held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.
Date
The South African Constitution mandates that national and provincial general elections must be held at least once every five years. Specifically, the elections must take place within 90 days of the date the National Assembly's five-year term expires or is dissolved. The most recent general election was held on 29 May 2024. This means the next general election for the National Assembly and provincial legislatures is constitutionally due to occur by mid-2029.[1]
Electoral system
The electoral system used in the 2029 election is expected to change based on the recommendations of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel.[2]
Opinion polls
| Polling Organisation | Fieldwork Date | Sample Size |
ANC | DA | MK | EFF | IFP | Others | Don't Know[a] |
Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Research Foundation[3] | 27 October - 14 November 2025 | 1,002 | 37% | 32% | 8% | 7% | 6% | N/a | N/a | 5 |
| Social Research Foundation[4] | June 2025 | N/a | 40% | 26% | 18% | 3% | 3% | N/a | N/a | 14 |
| IRR[5] | March - April 2025 | 807 | 29.7% | 30.3% | 15.9% | 10.2% | 1.7% | 0.6 | ||
| Social Research Foundation[4] | February 2025 | N/a | 32% | 25% | 12% | 6% | 3% | N/a | N/a | 7 |
| IRR[5] | September - October 2024 | 41.3% | 22.3% | 11.6% | 6.9% | 5.5% | 19 | |||
| Social Research Foundation[4] | September 2024 | N/a | 45% | 24% | 12% | 6% | 5% | N/a | N/a | 21 |
| 2024 general election | 29 May 2024 | N/a | 40.2% | 21.8% | 14.6% | 9.5% | 3.9% | 10.0% | N/a | 18.4 |
Notes
- ^ Includes abstention and no answer responses
References
- ^ "Elections | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
- ^ Electoral Reform Consultation Panel. "Electoral Reform Consultation Panel Final Report" (PDF).
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: ANC, DA Neck-And-Neck One Year Out of Critical Local Government Poll". The Common Sense.
- ^ a b c "South Africa's Biggest Political Party Regains Ground, Poll finds". Bloomberg.
- ^ a b Pretorius, Hermann (April 2025). "Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling April 2025" (PDF). South African Institute of Race Relations.