| Election Name: | 2019 Northern Cape provincial election |
| Election Date: | 8 May 2019 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Northern Cape provincial election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Northern Cape provincial election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature 16 seats needed for a majority |
| Swing1: | 6.86% |
| Candidate1: | Zamani Saul |
| Party1: | African National Congress |
| Last Election1: | 64.40% |
| Seats Before1: | 20 |
| Seats1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Percentage1: | 57.54% |
| Swing3: | 4.75% |
| Swing2: | 1.68% |
| Party2: | Democratic Alliance (South Africa) |
| Last Election2: | 23.89% |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 101,198 |
| Percentage2: | 25.51% |
| Candidate2: | Andrew Louw |
| Candidate3: | Shadrack Tlhaole |
| Image3: | EFF |
| Party3: | Economic Freedom Fighters |
| Last Election3: | 4.96% |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 38,527 |
| Percentage3: | 9.71% |
| Popular Vote1: | 228,265 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Image5: | COPE |
| Swing4: | 1.59% |
| Percentage5: | 0.86% |
| Last Election4: | 1.09% |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 10,641 |
| Percentage4: | 2.68% |
| Swing5: | 2.74% |
| Candidate4: | Wynand Boshoff |
| Color4: | ec8713 |
| Candidate5: | Ouneas Dikgetsi |
| Party5: | Congress of the People |
| Last Election5: | 3.60% |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 3,400 |
| Image4: | FF+ |
| Popular Vote6: | 3,283 |
| Party4: | Freedom Front Plus |
| Candidate6: | Leonard Francois Mckay |
| Party6: | Good |
| Last Election6: | New Party |
| Seats Before6: | New Party |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | New Party |
| Percentage6: | 0.83% |
| After Election: | Zamani Saul |
| Image6: | Good |
| Swing6: | New Party |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Sylvia Lucas |
| Before Party: | African National Congress |
| After Party: | African National Congress |
The 2019 Northern Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to allocate the 30 seats of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. Like all the South African provincial elections, it was held on the same day as the South African general election. 21 political parties participated in the election, of which only the African National Congress, Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters, and Freedom Front Plus won seats.[1] The ANC lost two seats, but maintained a majority.
There was some controversy prior to the election regarding the Northern Cape ANC's leadership. ANC Provincial Chairpersoni Dr. Zamani Saul won the premiership despite a long rivalry with the incumbent premier, Sylvia Lucas.[2] [3] Their rivalry was considered to be a proxy of that between Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa, with Lucas supporting Zuma and Saul supporting Ramaphosa. The provincial ANC youth league endorsed Saul, with youth league secretary Xhanti Teki stating that Saul's track record proved he would be able to improve Northern Cape's economy.[4] After leaving office, Lucas became the Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces.[5]
In 2018, the DA announced that Andrew Louw would be their premier candidate in the upcoming election.[6] The DA had plans to become the dominant party in the Northern Cape, however these plans failed.
The EFF did not field premier candidates in any province, as they are opposed to the idea of provinces altogether.[7] Shadrack Tlhaole was first on their party list.[8]