South Africa: Ruling ANC Remains Ahead in Election Results

Velani Ludidi/GroundUp
The voting booth in the Lwandle community hall in Strand could not be used because people who have lost their homes are sleeping there. Instead people had to vote at this pre-primary school. (Photo: Velani Ludidi)
10 May 2019
allAfrica.com

Cape Town — At 6.30am on Friday May 10, South Africa's Electoral Commission results were showing the African National Congress in the lead, with just over 57% of the vote.

The country voted in national and provincial elections on May 8.

Results for the three main political parties were as follows:
ANC - 6 816 002 votes, or 57.22%
Democratic Alliance - 2 598 361, or 21.81%
Economic Freedom Fighters - 1 200 821, or 10.08%

Election statistics:
Results Capturing Progress 75.17 %
Voting Districts Captured - 17 233 of 22 925
Total Valid Votes - 11 912 086
Spoilt Votes - 167 217
Total Votes Cast - 12 079 303
Voter Turnout - 65 44 %
Registered Population - 26 756 649

Tagged:
Copyright © 2019 allAfrica.com. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.