Charles Molele
The ANC has won the 2019 general elections by 57% of the votes, followed by the DA with 20.77% and the EFF with 10.77%, the Independent Electoral Commission announced on Saturday.
The elections on Wednesday were the fiercest the ruling ANC faced since gaining power 25 years ago.
In the run-up to the elections, political observers predicted a further decline of the ANC at the polls, with the SA Institute of Race Relations claiming that the ANC would fall to an all-time low of 53%.
The surprise package in this election was the Inkatha Freedom Party and the FF Plus, who now join the top five political parties in the National Assembly.
The IFP secured 14 seats, while the FF Plus got 10 seats.
The EFF almost doubled its number of seats in the National Assembly by gaining 44 seats, an increase from 25 seats in the fifth
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