2019 Eastern Cape provincial election

Provincial election

2019 Eastern Cape provincial election

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All 63 seats to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
32 seats needed for a majority
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Candidate  | Oscar Mabuyane | Nqaba Bhanga | Yazini Tetyana
Party  | ANC | DA | EFF
Last election  | 70.09%  | 16.20%  | 3.48%
Seats before  | 45  | 10  | 2
Seats won  | 44 | 10  | 5
Seat change  |  1  |  0  |  3
Popular vote  | 1,357,137 | 310,538  | 154,821
Percentage  | 68.74% | 15.73%  | 7.84%
Swing  |  1.35%  |  0.47%  | 4.36%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Candidate  | Mncedisi Filtane | Veliswa Mvenya | Piet Mey
Party  | UDM | ATM | VF+
Last election  | 6.16%  | New party  | 0.31%
Seats before  | 4  | –  | 0
Seats won  | 2  | 1  | 1
Seat change  |  2  | 1  | 1
Popular vote  | 51,233  | 30,082  | 11,548
Percentage  | 2.60%  | 0.89%  | 0.58%
Swing  |  3.56%  |  1.52%  |  0.27%

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| Premier before election

Phumulo Masualle
African National Congress

| Elected Premier

Oscar Mabuyane
African National Congress

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The 2019 Eastern Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019, concurrently with the 2019 South African general election, to elect the 63 members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. The election was won by the African National Congress, the incumbent governing party in the province.

## Premier candidates

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The African National Congress did not announce its premier candidate prior to the election. The incumbent premier Phumulo Masualle was 39th on the ANC's national list for the National Assembly election.[1] Oscar Mabuyane, the party's incumbent provincial chairperson, was first on the provincial list for the provincial election.[2] After the election, he announced as the party's premier candidate by the party's National Executive Committee.[3]

In September 2018, the official opposition, the Democratic Alliance, announced its provincial leader, Nqaba Bhanga as the party's premier candidate for the provincial election.[4][5]

The Economic Freedom Fighters did not announce a premier candidate since the party wants to abolish provinces,[6] however, its provincial chairperson Yazini Tetyana was first on the party's list for the election.[7]

The United Democratic Movement placed its national chairperson Mncedisi Filtane first on its candidate list.[8]

Former DA provincial chairwoman Veliswa Mvenya was chosen as the African Transformation Movement's premier candidate.[9]

On 5 March 2019, the Freedom Front Plus announced their provincial leader Piet Mey as their premier candidate.[10]

Congress of the People Member of the Provincial Legislature, Rev. Lievie Sharpley was chosen as COPE's premier candidate.[11]

## Results

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Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–
| African National Congress| 1,357,137| 68.74| –1.35| 44| –1
| Democratic Alliance| 310,538| 15.73| –0.47| 10| 0
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 154,821| 7.84|  +4.36| 5| +3
| United Democratic Movement| 51,233| 2.60| –3.56| 2| –2
| African Transformation Movement| 30,082| 1.52| New| 1| New
| Freedom Front Plus| 11,548| 0.58|  +0.27| 1| +1
| African Christian Democratic Party| 9,249| 0.47|  +0.14| 0| 0
| African Independent Congress| 8,331| 0.42| –0.35| 0| –1
| Pan Africanist Congress| 8,009| 0.41| –0.03| 0| 0
| Alliance for Transformation for All| 5,238| 0.27| New| 0| New
| Congress of the People| 4,971| 0.25| –0.95| 0| –1
| Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party| 4,807| 0.24| New| 0| New
| Good| 4,670| 0.24| New| 0| New
| Al Jama-ah| 3,007| 0.15| New| 0| New
| African People's Convention| 2,513| 0.13| –0.10| 0| 0
| Azanian People's Organisation| 1,585| 0.08| –0.04| 0| 0
| Inkatha Freedom Party| 1,028| 0.05| –0.01| 0| 0
| Christian Political Movement| 1,016| 0.05| New| 0| New
| Forum for Service Delivery| 902| 0.05| New| 0| New
| African Change Academy| 634| 0.03| New| 0| New
| National Freedom Party| 593| 0.03| –0.13| 0| 0
| African Covenant| 549| 0.03| New| 0| New
| Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners| 534| 0.03| New| 0| New
| International Revelation Congress| 452| 0.02| New| 0| New
| African Content Movement| 374| 0.02| New| 0| New
| People's Revolutionary Movement| 360| 0.02| New| 0| New
Total| 1,974,181| 100.00| –| 63| 0
Valid votes| 1,974,181| 98.65|
Invalid/blank votes| 27,081| 1.35|
Total votes| 2,001,262| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 3,363,161| 59.51|
Source: Election Resources

## Aftermath

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On 22 May 2019, members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature were sworn in during the first sitting of the provincial legislature after the election and Oscar Masbuyane was elected as the provincial premier, while Helen Sauls-August was elected speaker with Mlibo Qoboshiyane as deputy speaker.[12]

## References

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1. ^ Merten, Marianne (18 March 2019). "ANC lists will bring about new-look back benches, including premiers, MECs and tainted politicians". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
2. ^ Macanda, Siphe (9 December 2018). "Mabuyane tops ANC provincial list". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
3. ^ Nkosi, Nomazima (13 May 2019). "Oscar Mabuyane named Eastern Cape premier candidate". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
4. ^ "Former Cope MP Nqaba Bhanga is DA's pick as Eastern Cape premier candidate". TimesLIVE. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
5. ^ "Nqaba Bhanga named as DA's Eastern Cape premier candidate".
6. ^ "No premier candidates for EFF - Malema".
7. ^ "Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Candidates for the 2019 provincial election Eastern Cape". People's Assembly. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
8. ^ "United Democratic Movement Provincial Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List)". People's Assembly. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
9. ^ "African Transformation Movement - Polity.org" (PDF). Polity. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
10. ^ Groenewald, Pieter (5 March 2019). "FF Plus's top national candidates and provincial premier candidates". Freedom Front Plus. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
11. ^ Naki, Eric (13 March 2019). "These are Cope's premier candidates for the elections". The Citizen. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
12. ^ Sain, Raahil (22 May 2019). "Oscar Mabuyane sworn in as new Eastern Cape Premier". IOL. Retrieved 5 July 2021.