The ANC will be the majority party in Parliament after the party scored 230 seats. Elections2019 SAElections2019 MzansiVotes ElectionResults2019
The official opposition will be the DA with 84 seats followed by the EFF with 44 seats. The results were announced on Saturday by the Chairperson of the independent electoral commission Glen Mashinini.Following days of counting and over 17 million votes cast, the final results have put the ANC to have received the majority of votes cast on May 8.
Nationally, the ANC has the majority of votes with 57,5%, the DA follows with 20,78% and the EFF obtained 10,79%. The ANC has a decreased majority compared to 62,15% of votes in the 2014 general elections. A breakdown of the results show; in Limpopo, the ANC retained the province with 75,49%, the EFF follows with 14,43% while the DA is third with 5,4%.In the Eastern Cape, the ANC received 68,74%, DA 15,7% and the EFF 7,84%. In the Free State, the ANC received 6,14%, DA 17,58% and the EFF 12,58%.
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