Voters’ Roll Certified for National and Provincial Elections 2019
26 756 898 million voters are eligible to cast their votes in the 8 May national and provincial elections following the certification of the voters’ roll.
The voters’ roll was certified and published on the Electoral Commission website earlier this week following the publication of the provisional voters’ roll for scrutiny and objection.
Digital copies of the voters’ roll are also being provided to all political parties which will contest the elections.
Since its inception ahead of the 1999 national and provincial elections, the voters’ roll has shown steady growth of over 47 percent and contains the highest number of registered voters to date, recording an increase of 1 366 748 voters since 2014.
National and Provincial Elections --> |
Registered voters |
1999 |
18.17 million |
2004 --> |
20.67 million |
2009 |
23.18 million |
2014 --> |
25.39 million |
2019 |
26.74 million |
Of the 26.74 million registered voters, 14 716 879 are women (55 percent) which is four percent above of the demographic split of the South African population according to Statistics South Africa (based on 2018 Midyear Population Estimates).