PR-aware analytics: party-share trend over time, projected seat allocation under the current vote, and the threshold each party needs to clear to gain or retain a seat.
VoteEdge for South African elections
PR for National Assembly + Provincial Legislatures, mixed for local government — every voting system the IEC runs is handled correctly by the Decision Report.
- 9
- Provinces
- 8
- Metros
- 44
- District municipalities
- 205
- Local municipalities
IEC coverage
Authoritative South Africa geography
Every administrative tier the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) publishes, seeded out of the box. No CSV upload required to run a project.
| Administrative tier | Seeded |
|---|---|
| Provinces | 9 |
| Metros | 8 |
| District municipalities | 44 |
| Local municipalities | 205 |
| Voting districts (wards) | 4,392 |
- Election authority
- IEC — Electoral Commission of South Africa
- Local currency
- ZAR (South African Rand)
- Operations timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
Election types covered
Every race the IEC runs
One project, every ballot tier — each scoped to its own geography and reported on its own voting system.
| Race | Scope | Voting system |
|---|---|---|
| National Assembly | Nationwide + provincial | Proportional representationClosed-list proportional representation. 200 seats from a national list, 200 from regional (provincial) lists. |
| Provincial Legislature | Province | Proportional representationClosed-list PR within each of the 9 provinces. |
| Metro Mayor | Metro | Indirectly electedElected by the Metro Council, which is itself elected via the mixed local-government system. |
| Metro Council | Metro | Mixed (FPTP wards + PR top-up)50% ward FPTP + 50% PR top-up — so the council's overall composition matches the party-list vote. |
| Local Municipal Council | Local municipality | Mixed (FPTP wards + PR top-up)Same mixed system as Metro Council. Some smaller municipalities are pure PR. |
| Ward Councillor | Ward | First-past-the-post |
Methodology
Election-system aware Decision Report
The voting system on each ballot decides the maths. The Decision Report reads which system applies and adapts — never one report stretched over every race.
- PR
- Proportional representation
- INDIRECT
- Indirectly elected
- MIXED
- Mixed (FPTP wards + PR top-up)
- FPTP
- First-past-the-post
South Africa runs three voting systems on the same platform. The National Assembly and 9 Provincial Legislatures are closed-list proportional representation: votes are aggregated to the national / provincial level and seats allocated by party share. Local government uses a mixed system: half the seats are won outright at the ward level (FPTP), the other half allocated by PR top-up so the council overall reflects the party-list vote. The Decision Report adapts to whichever system is on the ballot — for PR races we report party share + projected seat allocation; for ward FPTP we report per-ward winners.
What we ship for South Africa
Country-specific capabilities
Mixed-system local government covered correctly: ward-level FPTP results AND the PR top-up calculation in the same report.
Coverage across all 9 provinces, all 8 metros, all 44 districts, and 205 local munis — IEC's authoritative roster seeded.
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