How South Africa’s 400 National Assembly seats were allocated in 2024

Two seat components add up to 400

The Electoral Commission’s final allocation table lists 200 regional seats and 200 compensatory seats. The ANC received 86 regional seats and 73 compensatory seats. The DA received 45 and 42, and MK received 27 and 31. Source 1 Source 3

Regional and provincial ballots served different bodies

Parliament’s fact sheet describes nine regions that elect members to the National Assembly. The Electoral Commission also administered a separate ballot for provincial legislatures. This dataset concerns the National Assembly and uses the regional and compensatory columns of its allocation. Source 2 Source 3 Source 1

The compensatory seats came from national party lists

Parliament describes the compensatory seats as the half filled from national party lists. The allocation table shows some parties with seats from both components and some with only compensatory seats. Read the total column to compare the parties’ full Assembly allocations. Source 3 Source 1

The result is a snapshot at the election

The table reconciles to 400 National Assembly seats across the parties with an allocation. The Electoral Commission subsequently gave the list of elected members to the Chief Justice. Membership changes after the election are outside this snapshot. Source 2 Source 1

Sources

• Electoral Commission final 2024 seat allocation presentation, page 6
• Electoral Commission 2024 National and Provincial Elections Report
• Parliament of South Africa fact sheet on National Assembly membership