2019 Mpumalanga provincial election
The 2019 Mpumalanga provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 30 members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature. It was held on the same day as the 2019 South African general election. The election was won by the African National Congress, the incumbent governing party in the province.
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Incumbent Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane of the African National Congress was elected to her first full term after the election.[1]
Premier candidates
Prior to the election, the incumbent governing party in the province, the African National Congress (ANC), did not announce a premier candidate. Incumbent premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane was first on the party's provincial candidate list for the election.[2] She was announced as the party's premier candidate following the election.[3]
Democratic Alliance (DA) provincial leader and member of the provincial legislature Jane Sithole was announced as the DA's premier candidate. She was also first on the party's list.[4]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) did not field a premier candidate since the party seeks to abolish provincial governments.[5] EFF provincial chair Collen Sedibe was first on the party's provincial candidate list.[6]
The Freedom Front Plus nominated its provincial leader Werner Weber as its premier candidate.[7]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| African National Congress | 858,589 | 70.58 | –7.65 | 22 | –2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 155,573 | 12.79 | +6.53 | 4 | +2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 118,915 | 9.77 | –0.63 | 3 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 29,512 | 2.43 | +1.61 | 1 | +1 | |
| Better Residents Association | 8,816 | 0.72 | –0.43 | 0 | –1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 7,468 | 0.61 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 6,183 | 0.51 | +0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Independent Congress | 4,376 | 0.36 | New | 0 | New | |
| African People's Convention | 4,083 | 0.34 | –0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 3,750 | 0.31 | +0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities | 2,884 | 0.24 | New | 0 | New | |
| Agang South Africa | 1,828 | 0.15 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,819 | 0.15 | –0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party | 1,814 | 0.15 | New | 0 | New | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 1,683 | 0.14 | –0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 1,430 | 0.12 | –0.63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sindawonye Progressive Party | 1,205 | 0.10 | –0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black First Land First | 1,097 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 949 | 0.08 | New | 0 | New | |
| United Democratic Movement | 917 | 0.08 | –0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Good | 673 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Covenant | 541 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 526 | 0.04 | –0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alliance for Transformation for All | 513 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| Residence Association of South Africa | 489 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| International Revelation Congress | 441 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| African Content Movement | 323 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | |
| Zenzeleni Progressive Movement | 125 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 1,216,522 | 100.00 | – | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,216,522 | 98.62 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,022 | 1.38 | ||||
| Total votes | 1,233,544 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,951,776 | 63.20 | ||||
| Source: Election Resources | ||||||
References
- "Meet SA's newly elected premiers | eNCA".
- "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections". Politicsweb. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- Quintal, Genevieve (13 May 2019). "ANC announces premier candidates". BusinessDay. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- "Sithole announced as DA's premier candidate for Mpumalanga".
- No premier candidates for EFF - Malema | News24
- "Economic Freedom Fighters Provincial Mpumalanga Election List 2019 (Election List)". People's Assembly. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- "FF Plus's top national candidates and provincial premier candidates". Freedom Front Plus. Retrieved 6 July 2021.