2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election

2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election
All 80 seats to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature; 41 seats needed for a majority
	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,^[1] 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.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	uMkhonto we Sizwe	1,590,813	45.35	New	37	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	633,771	18.07	2.73	15	2
	African National Congress	595,958	16.99	27.23	14	30
	Democratic Alliance	468,515	13.36	0.54	11	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	79,211	2.26	7.65	2	6
	National Freedom Party	19,548	0.56	1.01	1	0
	Moodley Thanasagren Rubbanathan	12,323	0.35	New	0	New
	African Christian Democratic Party	11,366	0.32	0.16	0	1
	ActionSA	9,569	0.27	New	0	New
	Allied Movement for Change	8,007	0.23	New	0	New
	Patriotic Alliance	7,843	0.22	New	0	New
	African Transformation Movement	6,477	0.18	0.31	0	1
	Democratic Liberal Congress	6,126	0.17	0.21	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	6,012	0.17	0.11	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	5,638	0.16	0.15	0	0
	Build One South Africa	4,648	0.13	New	0	New
	African People's Movement	4,117	0.12	New	0	New
	Rise Mzansi	3,898	0.11	New	0	New
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,817	0.11	0.04	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	3,626	0.10	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	3,615	0.10	0.04	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	3,214	0.09	New	0	New
	People's Freedom Party	3,162	0.09	New	0	New
	Sizwe Ummah Nation	2,731	0.08	New	0	New
	United Democratic Movement	2,565	0.07	0.03	0	0
	African Independent Congress	2,527	0.07	0.19	0	0
	African Movement Congress	2,049	0.06	New	0	New
	Good	2,005	0.06	0.05	0	0
	Arise SA	1,958	0.06	New	0	New
	African People First	1,007	0.03	New	0	New
	Economic Liberators Forum South Africa	679	0.02	New	0	New
	All Citizens Party	631	0.02	New	0	New
	Africa Restoration Alliance	629	0.02	New	0	New
Total		3,508,055	100.00	–	80	–

Valid votes		3,508,055	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		39,761	1.12
Total votes		3,547,816	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,738,249	61.83
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

Aftermath