Editing African National Congress (section)

== Electoral history ==
[[File:South Africa national election 2014 ANC vote by ward.svg|thumb|Proportion of votes cast for the ANC in the 2014 election, by ward.
{{legend|#edf8e9|0–20%}}
{{legend|#bae4b3|20–40%}}
{{legend|#74c476|40–60%}}
{{legend|#31a354|60–80%}}
{{legend|#006d2c|80–100%}}]]
[[File:South-africa-anc-percent.svg|thumb|250px|The ANC's performance by region in the [[2024 South African general election]].]]

===National Assembly elections===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Election
!Party leader
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!'''Result'''
|-
|[[1994 South African general election|1994]]
|[[Nelson Mandela]]
|12,237,655
|62.65%
|{{Composition bar|252|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 252
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|ANC–[[National Party (South Africa)|NP]]–[[Inkatha Freedom Party|IFP]] coalition government}}
|-
|[[1999 South African general election|1999]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Thabo Mbeki]]
|10,601,330
|66.35%
|{{Composition bar|266|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 14
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|ANC–[[Inkatha Freedom Party|IFP]] coalition government}}
|-
|[[2004 South African general election|2004]]
|10,880,915
|69.69%
|{{Composition bar|279|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 13
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
|[[2009 South African general election|2009]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jacob Zuma]]
|11,650,748
|65.90%
|{{Composition bar|264|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 15
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[2014 South African general election|2014]]
|11,436,921
|62.15%
|{{Composition bar|249|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 15
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[2019 South African general election|2019]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Cyril Ramaphosa]]
|10,026,475
|57.50%
|{{Composition bar|230|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 19
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[2024 South African general election|2024]]
|6,459,683
|40.18%{{efn|From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.}}
|{{Composition bar|159|400|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 71
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|[[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|Government of National Unity]]}}
|}
{{Notelist}}

=== National Council of Provinces elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election
!Party leader
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!'''Result'''
|-
|[[1994 South African general election|1994]]
|[[Nelson Mandela]]
|{{Composition bar|60|90|hex=Green}}
|{{increase}} 60
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|ANC–[[National Party (South Africa)|NP]]–[[Inkatha Freedom Party|IFP]] governing majority}}
|-
|[[1999 South African general election|1999]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Thabo Mbeki]]
|{{Composition bar|63|90|hex=Green}}
|{{increase}} 3
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|ANC–[[Inkatha Freedom Party|IFP]] governing majority}}
|-
|[[2004 South African general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|65|90|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Governing supermajority}}
|-
|[[2009 South African general election|2009]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jacob Zuma]]
|{{Composition bar|62|90|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Governing supermajority}}
|-
|[[2014 South African general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|60|90|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Governing supermajority}}
|-
|[[2019 South African general election|2019]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Cyril Ramaphosa]]
|{{Composition bar|54|90|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Governing majority}}
|-
|[[2024 South African general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|43|90|hex={{party color|African National Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 11 
||{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|[[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|Government of National Unity]]}}
|}

=== Provincial legislatures ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Election<ref name="dash">{{Cite web |title=Results Dashboard |url=https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html |access-date=2019-05-11 |website=elections.org.za}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |[[Eastern Cape]]
! colspan="2" |[[Free State (province)|Free State]]
! colspan="2" |[[Gauteng]]
! colspan="2" |[[KwaZulu-Natal]]
! colspan="2" |[[Limpopo]]
! colspan="2" |[[Mpumalanga]]
! colspan="2" |[[North West (South African province)|North-West]]
! colspan="2" |[[Northern Cape]]
! colspan="2" |[[Western Cape]]
|-
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
!%
!Seats
|-
|[[1994 South African general election|1994]]
|84.35
|48/56
|76.65
|24/30
|57.60
|50/86
|32.23
|26/81
|91.63
|38/40
|80.69
|25/30
|83.33
|26/30
|49.74
|15/30
|33.01
|14/42
|-
|[[1999 South African general election|1999]]
|73.80
|47/63
|80.79
|25/30
|67.87
|50/73
|39.38
|32/80
|88.29
|44/49
|84.83
|26/30
|78.97
|27/33
|64.32
|20/30
|42.07
|18/42
|-
|[[2004 South African general election|2004]]
|79.27
|51/63
|81.78
|25/30
|68.40
|51/73
|46.98
|38/80
|89.18
|45/49
|86.30
|27/30
|80.71
|27/33
|68.83
|21/30
|45.25
|19/42
|-
|[[2009 South African general election|2009]]
|68.82
|44/63
|71.10
|22/30
|64.04
|47/73
|62.95
|51/80
|84.88
|43/49
|85.55
|27/30
|72.89
|25/33
|60.75
|19/30
|31.55
|14/42
|-
|[[2014 South African general election|2014]]
|70.09
|45/63
|69.85
|22/30
|53.59
|40/73
|64.52
|52/80
|78.60
|39/49
|78.23
|24/30
|67.39
|23/33
|64.40
|20/30
|32.89
|14/42
|-
|[[2019 South African general election|2019]]
|68.74
|44/63
|61.14
|19/30
|50.19
|37/73
|54.22
|44/80
|75.49
|38/49
|70.58
|22/30
|61.87
|21/33
|57.54
|18/30
|28.63
|12/42
|-
|[[South African general election, 2024|2024]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=NPE Results Dashboard 2024 |url=https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=results.elections.org.za}}</ref>
| 62.16 || 45/73
| 51.87 || 16/30
| 34.76 || 28/80
| 16.99 || 14/80
| 73.30 || 48/64
| 51.31 || 27/51
| 57.73 || 21/38
| 49.34 || 15/30
| 19.55 || 8/42
|}

=== Municipal elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election
!Votes
!%
!Change
|-
|[[South African municipal elections, 1995–96|1995–96]]
| align="right" |5,033,855
| align="right" |58%
| align="right" |
|-
|[[2000 South African municipal elections|2000]]
| align="right" |None released
| align="right" |59.4%
| align="right" |{{increase}} 1.4%
|-
|[[2006 South African municipal elections|2006]]
| align="right" |17,466,948
| align="right" |66.3%
| align="right" |{{increase}} 6.9%
|-
|[[2011 South African municipal elections|2011]]
| align="right" |16,548,826
| align="right" |61.9%
| align="right" |{{decrease}} 4.4%
|-
|[[2016 South African municipal elections|2016]]<ref name="iec_summary">{{cite web |title=Results Summary – All Ballots p |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |access-date=11 August 2016 |publisher=elections.org.za}}</ref>
| align="right" |21,450,332
| align="right" |55.7%
| align="right" |{{decrease}} 6.2%
|-
|[[2021 South African municipal elections|2021]]
| align="right" |14,531,908
| align="right" |47.5%
| align="right" |{{decrease}} 8.2%
|}