page_title: 2014 South African general election
section_title: Voting
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 South African general election / Voting
caption_attribution_description: English: Voting day in Ward 10204021 in the 2014 general election, Paradyskloof, Stellenbosch, South Africa
context_page_description: The 2014 South African general election was held on 7 May 2014, to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. It was the fifth election held in South Africa under conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994, and also the first held since the death of Nelson Mandela. It was also the first time that South African expatriates were allowed to vote in a South African national election.
  The National Assembly election was won by the African National Congress, but with a reduced majority of 62.1%, down from 65.9% in the 2009 election. The official opposition Democratic Alliance increased its share of the vote from 16.7% to 22.2%, while the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters obtained 6.4% of the vote.
  Eight of the nine provincial legislatures were won by the ANC. The EFF obtained over 10% of the vote in Gauteng, Limpopo and North West, and beat the DA to second place in the last two. In the other six provinces won by the ANC, the DA obtained second place. This included KwaZulu-Natal, where the DA for the first time beat the Inkatha Freedom Party to second place.
caption: Voting station sign on voting day
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