Next South African general election
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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. These will be the eighth elections held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.
Opinion polls
Polling Organisation | Fieldwork Date | Sample Size |
ANC | DA | MK | EFF | IFP | Others | Don't Know[a] |
Lead |
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Social Research Foundation[1] | June 2025 | — | 40% | 26% | 18% | 3% | 3% | — | — | 14 |
IRR[2] | March - April 2025 | 807 | 29.7% | 30.3% | 15.9% | 10.2% | 1.7% | 0.6 | ||
Social Research Foundation[1] | February 2025 | — | 32% | 25% | 12% | 6% | 3% | — | — | 7 |
IRR[2] | September - October 2024 | 41.3% | 22.3% | 11.6% | 6.9% | 5.5% | 19 | |||
Social Research Foundation[1] | September 2024 | — | 45% | 24% | 12% | 6% | 5% | — | — | 21 |
2024 general election | 29 May 2024 | — | 40.2% | 21.8% | 14.6% | 9.5% | 3.9% | 10.0% | — | 18.4 |
Notes
- ^ Includes abstention and no answer responses
References
- ^ 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.