2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election

2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election

29 May 2024

All 80 seats to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
41 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Nhlanhla Ngidi Thami Ntuli Nomusa Dube-Ncube
Party MKP IFP ANC
Last election New party 16.34%, 13 seats 54.22%, 44 seats
Seats won 37 15 14
Seat change New party 2 30
Popular vote 1,590,813 633,771 595,958
Percentage 45.35% 18.07% 16.99%
Swing New party 1.83% 37.23%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Chris Pappas Mongezi Twala Cynthia Mbali Shinga
Party DA EFF NFP
Last election 13.90%, 11 seats 9.71%, 8 seats 1.57%, 1 seat
Seats won 11 2 1
Seat change 0 5 0
Popular vote 468,515 79,211 19,548
Percentage 13.36% 2.26% 0.56%
Swing 0.54% 7.45% 1.01%

Results by municipality
MKP:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
IFP:      40-50%      50-60%      70-80%
     ANC 50-60%      DA 40-50%

Premier before election

Nomusa Dube-Ncube
ANC

Elected Premier

Thami Ntuli
IFP

The 2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election was held on 29 May 2024, concurrently with the 2024 South African general election, to elect the 80 members of the 7th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. The new uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) won a plurality with 37 of 80 seats, while the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority for the first time since 2004, finishing third behind the MKP and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). IFP candidate Thami Ntuli became premier of KwaZulu-Natal after the election, leading a coalition government supported by the ANC, Democratic Alliance, and National Freedom Party.