South African Poll Shows ANC Losing Majority, Gains for EFF
- DA set to remain official opposition, Ipsos survey shows
- EFF support to range from 16.7% to 18.5% versus 10.8% in 2019
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South Africa’s ruling party looks set to lose its outright majority in national elections for the first time since 1994, while support for the populist Economic Freedom Fighters may rise, an Ipsos poll found.
In all three scenarios outlining high, medium and low voter turnout, the African National Congress would garner less than 47% of votes, suggesting it would need a coalition with a smaller party to form a government, Ipsos said. It conducted the survey face to face with 3,600 people from Oct. 23 to Dec. 1 and published the results Tuesday.