According to Chief Electoral Officer Mosotho Moepya, 26 333 353 voters are registered and eligible to vote on 3 August.
The Independent Electoral Commision (IEC) has also released the following statistics regarding voters in the 2016 municipal elections.
• The voters’ roll contains 2 678 307 more voters (and increase of 11,3 per cent) than in the previous municipal elections in 2011 and a 42,5 per cent increase in the number of voters since the first municipal elections were held.
• The voters’ roll contains approximately 77 per cent of all eligible citizens of voting age, based on population estimates provided by Statistics South Africa.
• In line with population trends and previous elections, approximately 55 per cent of the voters (14,47 million) are women, compared to 45 per cent men (11,87 million).
• Gauteng has the highest number of voters, with 6,2 million certified voters. KwaZulu-Natal follows, with 5,4 million, while the Eastern Cape has 3,3 million voters and the Western Cape has 3 million. Approximately 69 per cent of all voters are located in these four provinces.
• A comparison of the voters’ rolls for the past four municipal elections shows that the highest growth in voters has occurred in the Western Cape (a 56,8 per cent increase since 2000) followed by KwaZulu-Natal (a 54,6 per cent increase). The lowest growth has occurred in the Free State, where the voters’ roll has only grown by 20 per cent in the past 16 years.
• Approximately 48 per cent (12,7 million) of all voters are under 40 years of age.
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