More female than male voters and other election trivia
Image: Suthentira Govender
South Africans are set to make their mark on Wednesday when they go to the polls.
The Electoral Commission says while its work may appear to culminate in a single election day, preparations begin several years before the date is formally proclaimed by the president.
Here is the 2019 general election by numbers:
55% - female voters
45% - male voters
200,000 - the number of temporary election officials recruited and trained to work over the election period
64 million - the total number of ballot papers printed for the 2019 elections
14,936 - the number of candidates standing for election
22,924 - the number of voting districts and voting stations
26,756,649 - the number of registered voters
48 - the number of parties contesting the national election
78 - the number of parties contesting the national and provincial elections
29,347 - the number of South African citizens who successfully applied to vote abroad in these elections
636,108 - the number of South Africans who successfully applied to cast special votes in SA
400 - the number of seats being contested in the National Assembly
430 - the total number of seats being contested in the provincial legislatures
Source: IEC