Election Name: | 2024 South African presidential election |
Country: | South Africa |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 South African presidential election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2029 South African presidential election |
Next Year: | 2029 |
Election Date: | 14 June 2024 |
Nominee1: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Party1: | African National Congress |
Electoral Vote1: | 283 |
Percentage1: | 86.54% |
President | |
Before Election: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Before Party: | African National Congress |
After Election: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
After Party: | African National Congress |
Nominee2: | Julius Malema |
Party2: | Economic Freedom Fighters |
Electoral Vote2: | 44 |
Percentage2: | 13.46% |
The indirect presidential election of the President of South Africa by the National Assembly took place on 14 June 2024,[1] following the general election on 29 May 2024, in which the African National Congress lost the outright parliamentary majority it held from the end of apartheid.[2] The incumbent president Cyril Ramaphosa of the African National Congress won a third term.[3]
Former President Jacob Zuma has challenged the results of the general election in court, and declared his intention to boycott the vote on 14 June and the former president also declared that he will not be part of Government of National Unity (GNU).