Simon Nare
THE Independent Electoral Commission has come out to clarify the confusion created by election results on its dashboard which showed that parties got double their ballot compared to what was declared after 29 May 2024.
The IEC said the reason there were double numbers on its dashboard is that the commission has added the regional votes cast whereas the election results declared only showed the national votes cast.
For instance, in the case of the ANC it had declared results showing it got 6 443 887 votes which translated into 40.2%. That meant the party had secured 159 seats. The updated results which included regional votes cast had the ANC numbers doubled to 12 698 759 votes translating into 40.18% but the party still secured 159 seats in the National Assembly.
The DA on the other hand had 3 493 135 votes with 21.79% and 87 seats but
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