This among many other questions around the upcoming presidential elections.
Johannesburg, South Africa – Following President Ramaphosa’s election date announcement at SONA last week, South Africans have tuned to Google to find out more… including who the next winner of the 2019 elections will be.
Below is a round-up of what election topics South Africans asked Google this week.
Top 10 questions on elections in SA this week:
- When is election day 2019?
- Is election day a holiday in South Africa?
- Who will win the 2019 elections?
- Is 8 may 2019 a public holiday?
- Who is the president of South Africa?
- Who made the economic decisions prior to 1994 elections?
- What is an election?
- How is the president elected in South Africa?
- What is the process of voting in an election?
- What happens when electoral votes tie?
Top searched party in SA in the last week:
- Economic Freedom Fighters
- African National Congress
- Democratic Alliance
- Black First Land First
- African Christian Democratic Party
- Freedom Front Plus
- Good
- Inkatha Freedom Party
- United Democratic Movement
- African Transformation Movement
Top searched candidate in SA in the last week:
- Cyril Ramaphosa
- Julius Malema
- Mmusi Maimane
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi
- Patricia De Lille
- Bantu Holomisa
- Hlaudi Motsoeneng
- Andile Mngxitama
- Mosiuoa Lekota
- Gayton McKenzie
Top cities searching for elections in SA:
- Sandton
- Stellenbosch
- Centurion
- Randburg
- Midrand
- Cape Town
- Johannesburg
- Durban
- Alberton
- Polokwane
Provincial election search leaderboard this week:
- Western Cape
- Northern Cape
- Limpopo
- Gauteng
- North West
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Free State
- Mpumalanga
- Eastern Cape
Search trends information is gleaned from data collated by Google based on what South Africans have been searching for and asking Google. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. This translates to more than a billion searches per day and 1.2 trillion searches per year worldwide.
Live Google search trends data is available here.
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