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The EFF’s share of the national vote rose until 2019, then fell
10.8% 2019 · Highest
The party rose fast, peaked in 2019, and fell for the first time in 2024.
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Method and sources
Each bar is the Economic Freedom Fighters' percentage share of the national vote at a general election, as reported in the article.
2014: 6.35%, 25 seats, 1.17 million votes.
2019: 10.80%, 44 seats, 1.88 million votes.
2024: 9.52%, 39 seats, fourth place.
The article does not give the election dates, so the period uses the official general election dates, 7 May 2014 and 29 May 2024.
Sources: IEC national results for 2019 (https://results.elections.org.za/home/NPEPublicReports/699/Results%20Report/National.pdf) and 2014 (https://results.elections.org.za/home/NPEPublicReports/291/Results%20Report/National.pdf) and IPU Parline for 2024 (https://data.ipu.org/parliament/ZA/ZA-LC01/election/ZA-LC01-E20240529/)
Figures as published in our article on Julius Malema (chart last refreshed 13 September 2026): IEC national results for 2019 and 2014, and IPU Parline for 2024.
Chart updated · 14 Sep 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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