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7th Parliament · elected 29 May 2024 · roster of 6 November 2026

Four hundred seats,
no constituencies.

South Africans vote for a party's list, not a person. Half of the National Assembly comes from nine regional lists, one per province; the other half from national lists that top each party up to its share of the national vote. A member who leaves their party loses the seat (Constitution s.47(3)(c)) — floor-crossing was abolished in 2009 — so the seats stay with the party that won them and a vacancy goes to the next name on its list.

The National Assembly

287 seats in the Government of National Unity.

Parliament lists 393 members: 197 from national lists and 196 from regional lists. 7 seats are vacant (MK 5, EFF 2), awaiting the next candidates on the lists. The parties of the Government of National Unity sit on the left of the chart, the rest on the right; the President is elected by the Assembly and gives up his seat (s.87), so Cyril Ramaphosa is not among them.

400 201 for a majority
National Assembly, 6 November 2026: ANC 159, DA 87, MK 58, EFF 39, IFP 17, PA 9, ActionSA 6, VF+ 6, ACDP 3, UDM 3, Al Jama-ah 2, ATM 2, BOSA 2, NCC 2, Rise 2, GOOD 1, PAC 1, UAT 1. Dashed rings are vacant seats.

Members of the National Assembly by party

393 members

African National Congress

159 seats · 73 national · 86 regional · in the GNU

Democratic Alliance

87 seats · 39 national · 48 regional · in the GNU

Inkatha Freedom Party

17 seats · 10 national · 7 regional · in the GNU

Patriotic Alliance

9 seats · 5 national · 4 regional · in the GNU

Freedom Front Plus

6 seats · 4 national · 2 regional · in the GNU

United Democratic Movement

3 seats · 2 national · 1 regional · in the GNU

Al Jama-ah

2 seats · 2 national · 0 regional · in the GNU

Rise Mzansi

2 seats · 1 national · 1 regional · in the GNU

GOOD

1 seat · 1 national · 0 regional · in the GNU

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

1 seat · 1 national · 0 regional · in the GNU

uMkhonto weSizwe Party

58 seats · 29 national · 24 regional · 5 vacant

Economic Freedom Fighters

39 seats · 17 national · 20 regional · 2 vacant

ActionSA

6 seats · 4 national · 2 regional

African Christian Democratic Party

3 seats · 3 national · 0 regional

African Transformation Movement

2 seats · 2 national · 0 regional

Build One South Africa

2 seats · 2 national · 0 regional

National Coloured Congress

2 seats · 1 national · 1 regional

United Africans Transformation

1 seat · 1 national · 0 regional

The National Council of Provinces

Ninety delegates,
ten from each province.

Each provincial legislature sends a delegation of ten (s.60): six permanent delegates, listed here, and four special delegates — the Premier or a member they designate, and members of the legislature — who change with the business of the day. Delegations are shared among the parties in proportion to their seats in the legislature (s.61). On most questions each delegation casts a single vote (s.65).

54 delegates

Eastern Cape

ANC 3 · DA 1 · EFF 1 · UDM 1

Free State

ANC 3 · DA 1 · EFF 1 · VF+ 1

Gauteng

ANC 2 · DA 2 · EFF 1 · MK 1

KwaZulu-Natal

MK 3 · ANC 1 · DA 1 · IFP 1

Limpopo

ANC 4 · DA 1 · EFF 1

Mpumalanga

ANC 3 · DA 1 · EFF 1 · MK 1

North West

ANC 4 · DA 1 · EFF 1

Northern Cape

ANC 3 · DA 1 · EFF 1 · VF+ 1

Western Cape

DA 3 · ANC 1 · EFF 1 · PA 1

Photos: 110 of 393 members of the Assembly and 2 of 54 NCOP delegates have a freely licensed portrait on Wikimedia Commons that we could tie to them by their Wikidata record; everyone else shows initials rather than risk a wrong face. Parliament's own portraits carry no open licence and are not used. Names link to each member's page on parliament.gov.za.

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