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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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 NERFINISHED
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
electoralBody National Assembly of South Africa NERFINISHED
provincial legislatures of South Africa
FreedomFrontPlusSeats 4
FreedomFrontPlusVoteSharePercentage 0.90
heldTwentyYearsAfter 1994 South African general election NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
NFPSeats 6
NFPVoteSharePercentage 1.57
notableNewParty Agang South Africa NERFINISHED
Economic Freedom Fighters NERFINISHED
numberOfNationalAssemblySeats 400
occasion 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid
PACSeats 1
PACVoteSharePercentage 0.21
presidentialCandidateOfWinningParty Jacob Zuma NERFINISHED
previousElection 2009 South African general election NERFINISHED
registeredVoters 25190916
resultingPresident Jacob Zuma NERFINISHED
resultingPresidentParty African National Congress NERFINISHED
secondPlaceParty Democratic Alliance NERFINISHED
spoiltVotes 251960
thirdPlaceParty Economic Freedom Fighters NERFINISHED
type parliamentary election
UDMSeats 4
UDMVoteSharePercentage 1.00
validVotes 18402516
voterTurnoutPercentage 73.48
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
winningParty African National Congress NERFINISHED
year 2014

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Inkatha Freedom Party participatedIn 2014 South African general election