2014 South African general election

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The 2014 South African general election was a nationwide vote held to elect members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures, shaping the country’s political landscape twenty years after the end of apartheid.

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2014 South African general election canonical 4

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instanceOf general election
national election
ACDPSeats 3
ACDPVoteSharePercentage 0.57
AgangSASeats 2
AgangSAVoteSharePercentage 0.28
ANCSeats 249
ANCVoteSharePercentage 62.15
APCSeats 1
APCVoteSharePercentage 0.17
ballotType closed party list
campaignPeriodStart 2014-02-01
chiefElectoralOfficer Mosotho Moepya
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
continent Africa
COPESeats 3
COPEVoteSharePercentage 0.67
country South Africa
DASeats 89
date 2014-05-07
DAVoteSharePercentage 22.23
EFFSeats 25
EFFVoteSharePercentage 6.35
electionCommission Electoral Commission of South Africa
electoralBody National Assembly of South Africa
provincial legislatures of South Africa
FreedomFrontPlusSeats 4
FreedomFrontPlusVoteSharePercentage 0.90
heldTwentyYearsAfter 1994 South African general election
IFPSeats 10
IFPVoteSharePercentage 2.40
legislativeOutcome formation of the 26th South African Parliament
mainIssue crime
economic inequality
education
governance and corruption
healthcare
land reform
service delivery
unemployment
nextElection 2019 South African general election
NFPSeats 6
NFPVoteSharePercentage 1.57
notableNewParty Agang South Africa
Economic Freedom Fighters
numberOfNationalAssemblySeats 400
occasion 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid
PACSeats 1
PACVoteSharePercentage 0.21
presidentialCandidateOfWinningParty Jacob Zuma
previousElection 2009 South African general election
registeredVoters 25190916
resultingPresident Jacob Zuma
resultingPresidentParty African National Congress
secondPlaceParty Democratic Alliance
spoiltVotes 251960
thirdPlaceParty Economic Freedom Fighters
type parliamentary election
UDMSeats 4
UDMVoteSharePercentage 1.00
validVotes 18402516
voterTurnoutPercentage 73.48
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
winningParty African National Congress
year 2014

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Inkatha Freedom Party participatedIn 2014 South African general election
Inkatha Freedom Party participatedIn 2014 South African general election
subject linked to: IFP
2009 South African general election nextElection 2014 South African general election
2019 South African general election follows 2014 South African general election