The African National Congress has won a fresh mandate to rule South Africa following hotly contested general elections on 7 May that confirmed the strengthening of prominent opposition groups.
Final results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Pansy Tlakula at the National Results Operation Centre in Pretoria on 10 May showed that with all 22,000 voting districts counted, the ANC had 62.1 percent of the popular vote, which was several percentage points lower than the 65.9 percent it got in the last elections in 2009.
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