Ukuvota okukhetheile kuqale kahle okhethweni lukazwelonke lwaseNingizimu Afrika ngoMsombuluko, njengoba labo okumele basebenze ngosuku lokuvota noma abanezidingo ezikhethekile banikezwe ithuba lokuvota. Babalelwa ku-1.6 million kwabavoti abangu-27.6 million abavunyelwe ukuthi basheshe bahambe, ngokusho kwe-Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
Ama-ejenti okhetho azovakashela abantu abangama-624,000 abanezinkinga zokuhamba ekhaya, kanti abasebenzi ababalulekile bazohambela iziteshi zokuvota ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi komphakathi jikelele.
NgoLwesithathu, izwe lonke lizobizelwa ukuvota okhethweni lukazwelonke lwesithupha lwaseNingizimu Afrika, ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu kwangena intando yeningi ngo-1994.
Ukuvota kungase kube yingqophamlando uma, njengoba ucwaningo lwemibono lubikezela, iqembu elibusayo i-African National Congress (ANC) lilahlekelwa yivoti eliphelele ephalamende okokuqala ngqa.