As we expected the ANC has claimed a resounding victory in the general elections. With a 66% majority in Parliament, the ANC is set to elect Zuma as president when the new legislature convenes on May 6. The final results were released today (Saturday) and they showed that the ANC was allocated 264 seats in parliament after winning 65.9 percent of the vote. The ANC won control of eight of the nine provinces. The DA won the Western Cape province. ANC president, Jacob Zuma has come out and said, “Working together we will make it a government for all South Africans.”

The final results were:

Total number of votes per party:

ANC: 11,650,748 (65.90 percent)

DA: 2,945,829 (16.66 percent)

COPE: 1,311,027 (7.42 percent)

IFP: 804,260 (4.55 percent)

ID: 162,915 (0.92 percent)

OTHER: 805,950 (4.56 percent)

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