Elections to the 400-member South African National Assembly will be held on May 7. Voting will also take place in the legislatures of its nine provinces. The President of South Africa will be elected by the National Assembly after the elections.
The largest parties contesting the elections are the incumbent President Jacob Zuma’s African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance, and the Congress of the People.
The ANC party, supported by its Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), have held a majority of the seats in the National Assembly since 1994 but is currently facing allegations of corruption and slow economic growth. However, opinion polls have indicated their victory in the upcoming elections, with most polls giving the ANC a seat share of more than 50%.