National elections are on a downward trend, with only 73% of all registered voters turning up in the 2014 elections compared with 77% in 2009.
Despite concerns about a downward trend in voter turnout in South Africa’s national elections, the Electoral Commission of South Africa says it’s aiming for at least 70% of all registered voters to take part in next month’s polls.
“We work on a level of comfort, which is 80% of the voting population in terms of what appears on the voters’ roll – so we aim for at least 80% of the voting population as we enter an election that normally makes us reasonably comfortable and that is the global standard.According to the Gauteng City Region Observatory, nearly 500,000 more voters turned out in the 2016 municipal elections than the 2011 polls.
Institute of Security Studies chief executive Jakkie Cilliers said this was to be expected of any democracy. South Africa still has significantly higher voter turnout numbers than the global standard, which wades in at around 50%. “Generally in most democracies, voting is done by a minority of the population, so in many cases it’s a minority business.
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