2024 South African general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2024_South_African_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:date 29 May 2024
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
provincial legislatures
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Cyril_Ramaphosa
gptkbp:nextEdition 2029 South African general election
gptkbp:notable_new_party gptkb:uMkhonto_we_Sizwe_Party
gptkbp:notableEvent first time ANC lost majority since 1994
introduction of independent candidates
gptkbp:number_of_parties_contesting 70+
gptkbp:number_of_seats_in_National_Assembly 400
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:corruption
gptkb:farmer
gptkb:inequality
gptkb:infrastructure
gptkb:crime
education
healthcare
housing
economic growth
poverty
unemployment
service delivery
youth unemployment
state capture
load shedding
gptkbp:organizedBy Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa
gptkbp:party gptkb:Economic_Freedom_Fighters
gptkb:African_National_Congress
gptkb:Al_Jama-ah
gptkb:Freedom_Front_Plus
gptkb:Democratic_Alliance
gptkb:Inkatha_Freedom_Party
gptkb:ActionSA
gptkb:African_Christian_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Build_One_South_Africa
gptkb:GOOD
gptkb:Patriotic_Alliance
gptkb:United_Democratic_Movement
gptkb:uMkhonto_we_Sizwe_Party
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Cyril_Ramaphosa
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2019_South_African_general_election
gptkbp:result African National Congress lost majority
coalition government required
no party won majority
gptkbp:stateElectorate 27.79 million
gptkbp:voterTurnout 58.6%
gptkbp:votingSystem proportional representation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2024_general_elections
gptkb:Zackie_Achmat
gptkb:African_Congress_for_Transformation
gptkb:Build_One_South_Africa
gptkb:Rise_Mzansi
gptkb:South_African_Rainbow_Alliance
gptkb:United_Africans_Transformation
gptkb:uMkhonto_we_Sizwe_Party
gptkb:S.A._FIRST
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2024 South African general election