2019 Limpopo provincial election

8 May 2019
All 49 seats to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Candidate Stanley Mathabatha Jossey Buthane Party ANC EFF Last election 78.60% 10.74% Seats before 39 6 Seats won 38 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,096,300 209,488 Percentage 75.49% 14.43% Swing 3.11% 3.69%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Jacques Smalle Marcelle Maritz Party Democratic Alliance FF Plus Last election 6.48% 0.69% Seats before 3 0 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 78,360 20,572 Percentage 5.40% 1.42% Swing 1.08% 0.73%
Premier before election Stanley Mathabatha African National Congress Elected Premier Stanley Mathabatha African National Congress

The 2019 Limpopo provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 49 members of the Limpopo 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.

Premier candidates

The African National Congress (ANC) did not announce a candidate for premier prior to the election. Incumbent premier and ANC provincial chairperson Stanley Mathabatha headed the ANC's list.^[1] After the election, the ANC National Executive Committee announced Mathabatha as the party's premier candidate.^[2]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) did not field a premier candidate because the party seeks to abolish provincial governments.^[3] Jossey Buthane, the party's provincial chair, headed the EFF list.^[4]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) chose their provincial leader and current member of the legislature, Jacques Smalle, as its premier candidate.^[5]

Mogalakwena Local Municipality councillor Marcelle Maritz was the Freedom Front Plus's premier candidate.^[6]

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	African National Congress	1,096,300	75.49	–3.11	38	–1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	209,488	14.43	+3.69	7	+1
	Democratic Alliance	78,360	5.40	–1.08	3	0
	Freedom Front Plus	20,572	1.42	+0.73	1	+1
	African People's Convention	5,290	0.36	+0.01	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	5,069	0.35	–0.13	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	4,136	0.28	New	0	New
	African Independent Congress	3,961	0.27	New	0	New
	Congress of the People	3,398	0.23	–0.63	0	–1
	Azanian People's Organisation	2,450	0.17	–0.09	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	2,408	0.17	–0.12	0	0
	Agang South Africa	2,265	0.16	–0.20	0	0
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	2,088	0.14	New	0	New
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	2,045	0.14	+0.06	0	0
	Civic Warriors of Maruleng	2,043	0.14	New	0	New
	International Revelation Congress	1,799	0.12	New	0	New
	Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party	1,392	0.10	New	0	New
	United Democratic Movement	1,324	0.09	–0.18	0	0
	Ximoko Party	1,163	0.08	–0.13	0	0
	Gaza Movement for Change	831	0.06	New	0	New
	African Covenant	690	0.05	New	0	New
	Inkatha Freedom Party	655	0.05	–0.03	0	0
	Magoshi Swaranang Movement	651	0.04	New	0	New
	Better Residents Association	647	0.04	New	0	New
	Good	494	0.03	New	0	New
	Gazankulu Liberation Congress	462	0.03	New	0	New
	Power of Africans Unity	414	0.03	New	0	New
	African Renaissance Unity Party	397	0.03	New	0	New
	African Content Movement	281	0.02	New	0	New
	African People's Socialist	267	0.02	New	0	New
	Women Forward	256	0.02	New	0	New
	Land Party	227	0.02	New	0	New
	National Freedom Party	191	0.01	–0.03	0	0
	South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities	144	0.01	New	0	New
Total		1,452,158	100.00	–	49	0
Valid votes		1,452,158	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		18,072	1.23
Total votes		1,470,230	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,608,460	56.36
Source: Election Resources

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