With over 16 million South Africans casting their ballots, this year’s national elections witnessed a voter turnout of 58.61%.
The outcome of the elections reflects in the distribution of seats in the 400-member National Assembly, with major parties securing seats as follows:
– African National Congress (ANC) – 159 seats
– Democratic Alliance (DA) – 87 seats
– uMkhonto weSizwe (MK party) – 58 seats
– Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – 39 seats
– Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) – 17 seats
– Patriotic Alliance (PA) – 9 seats
– Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) – 6 seats
– ActionSA – 6 seats- African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) – 3 seats
– United Democratic Movement (UDM) – 3 seats
– African Transformation Movement (ATM) – 2 seats
– Al Jama-ah – 2 seats
– Build One South Africa (BOSA) – 2 seats
– National Coloured Congress (NCC) – 2 seats
– Rise Mzansi – 2 seats
– GOOD Party – 1 seat
– Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) – 1 seat
– United Africans Transformation (UTM) – 1 seat
Regional winners of the National Assembly votes include:
– Eastern Cape – ANC with 62.42% of the vote, securing 16 seats
– Free State – ANC with 52.56% of the vote, securing 6 seats
– Gauteng – ANC with 34.62% of the vote, securing 17 seats
– KwaZulu-Natal – MK Party with 44.91% of the vote, securing 19 seats
– Mpumalanga – ANC with 51.31% of the vote, securing 8 seats
– Northern Cape – ANC with 49.47% of the vote, securing 3 seats
– Limpopo – ANC with 73.38% of the vote, securing 16 seats
– North West – ANC with 58.29% of the vote, securing 8 seats
– Western Cape – DA with 53.37% of the vote, securing 14 seats
Provincial legislature winners are as follows:
– Eastern Cape – ANC to lead with 45 seats
– Free State – ANC to lead with 16 seats
– Gauteng – ANC to lead with 28 seats
– KwaZulu-Natal – MK Party to lead with 37 seats- Mpumalanga – ANC to lead with 27 seats
– Northern Cape – ANC to lead with 15 seats
– Limpopo – ANC to lead with 48 seats
– North West – ANC to lead with 23 seats
– Western Cape – DA to lead with 24 seats.
