Elections 2024: Democratic Alliance dominates overseas vote count
The Democratic Alliance (DA) was the big winner when the overseas votes were counted in the 2024 South Africa general election.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) was the big winner when the overseas votes were counted in the 2024 South Africa general election.
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As reported by The South African website, special voting outside of South Africa took place prior to voting in Mzansi.
Voting was held at 111 foreign missions around the world.
Overseas results are now displaying on the IEC dashboard.
There were a total of 58 802 registered voters abroad.
A total of 39 116 votes were cast, of which 32 were spoilt, leaving 39 084 valid votes.
The turnout percentage was 66.5%.
The top 10 parties were:
| Rank | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | DA | 29 401 | 75.23% |
| 2 | EFF | 1 721 | 4.4% |
| 3 | ANC | 1 532 | 3.92% |
| 4 | Rise Mzansi | 1 383 | 3.54% |
| 5 | VF PLUS | 1 183 | 3.03% |
| 6 | ActionSA | 1 172 | 3% |
| 7 | Build One SA | 583 | 1.45% |
| 8 | MK party | 470 | 1.2% |
| 9 | PA | 383 | 0.98% |
| 10 | ACDP | 287 | 0.73% |
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