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.

2019 Mpumalanga provincial election

8 May 2019
All 30 seats to the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Candidate Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane Collen Sedibe Party ANC EFF Last election 78.23% 6.26% Seats before 24 2 Seats won 22 4 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 858,589 155,573 Percentage 70.58% 12.79% Swing 7.65% 6.53%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Jane Sithole Werner Weber Party DA VF+ Last election 10.40% 0.82% Seats before 3 0 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 118,915 29,512 Percentage 9.77% 2.43% Swing 0.63% 1.61%
Premier before election Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane African National Congress Elected Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane African National Congress

Incumbent Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane of the African National Congress was elected to her first full term after the election.

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. She was announced as the party's premier candidate following the election.

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.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) did not field a premier candidate since the party seeks to abolish provincial governments. EFF provincial chair Collen Sedibe was first on the party's provincial candidate list.

The Freedom Front Plus nominated its provincial leader Werner Weber as its premier candidate.

Results

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