More than half a million South Africans register on Day One of Registration Weekend

The Electoral Commission reports that Day Two of the Second Registration Weekend ahead of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections, started well. By 08h00, over 99% of the voting stations had opened with the remainder opening before 08h30. At the close of registration on Day One, more than half a million registrations were recorded at 23 303 voting stations. At 13h00 on Day Two, a total of 564 715 registration transactions had been recorded at voting stations. 

The provincial breakdown of the registrations recorded is as follows:

Rank Province F M Grand Total
1 Eastern Cape 50 504 43 335 93 839
2 Free State 17 496 16 462 33 958
3 Gauteng 55 990 60 294 116 284
4 KwaZulu-Natal 68 305 63 126 131 431
5 Limpopo 32 166 25 276 57 442
6 Mpumalanga 20 426 21 367 41 793
7 North West 18 963 17 871 36 834
8 Northern Cape 6 827 6 869 13 696
9 Out Of Country 519 494 1 013
10 Western Cape 18 781 19 644 38 425
  289 977 274 738 564 715

 
   

Age F M Grand Total
30-39 61 281 61 350 122 631
20-29 60 382 57 421 117 803
40-49 51 059 54 319 105 378
50-59 43 512 41 686 85 198
60-69 33 744 28 658 62 402
18-19 17 922 16 733 34 655
70-79 15 949 11 693 27 642
80+ 6 128 2 878 9 006
289 977 274 738 564 715

 

Yesterday the Commission recorded 67 200 online registration transactions. Today the figure of online registrations stands at 34 293. We urge voters whose access to our online facility is delayed by high traffic to be patient. 

The Commission reminds eligible voters of the general rule in elections. That is, a person votes at a voting station where they are registered. The only exception to the general rule is that a voter may vote outside of the voting district of registration upon notification to Commission by a date to be regulated by the Election Timetable. Details of the modalities of notification will be outlined after the registration process.

The Commission extends its gratitude to thousands of South Africans who have gone online and visited our registration stations to register, re-register or check their details. We urge those that have not done so to use the remaining hours of today to go out in their numbers to register. Our online facility and local municipal offices will remain open for registration and verification of details until the date of the elections is proclaimed by the President.

   

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