2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election

The new MK party flipped KwaZulu Natal from the ANC, earning 37 out of 80 seats to gain a plurality.

Conversely, the ANC itself plummeted to the third place, losing its majority in the legislature for the first time since 2004.

[1] Following the election results, no party had an outright majority, leading coalition government to be inevitable.

[2] A couple of days before the first sitting of provincial legislatures, it was reported that a four way deal between the NFP, DA, IFP, and ANC was to take place[3] while the NFP stated that it was open to coalition talks with any party that approached them in KZN, confirming that they had only held talks with the IFP and ANC.

[8][9] Ntuli defeated the MK Party's premier candidate, Zulu Nation's deputy prime minister Phathisizwe Chiliza, with 41 votes to 39.