Pretoria — With the conclusion on Saturday of South Africa's fifth democratic elections, a total 13 of the 29 parties that contested the 2014 elections received enough votes to have representation in the National Assembly in Parliament.
The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) garnered the most seats in the National Assembly acquiring 249 seats out of a total 400 seats. In the 2009 elections, the ANC obtained 264 seats.
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