South Africa is inching closer to capturing and validating 100% of the votes cast in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.
At 12:51pm on Saturday, vote counting, and validation stood at 98,91 % with 23 028 of 23 292 voting districts completed nationally.
this as South Africans went to the polls on Wednesday, 29 May.
According to the Election Commission’s (IEC) Results Dashboard, the ANC is in the lead with 40.29 of the vote followed by the DA at 21.64% and MK Party at 14.70%
In Limpopo, 3 199 of 3 216 voting districts completed. This means that 99.47% of vote counting has been completed. The ANC is in the lead in that province at 74.27% followed by the EFF at 12.92% and the DA at 6.09%.
The North West is at 98.56% with 1 713 of 1 738 voting districts (VDs) completed. In this province the ANC at 58.95% followed by the EFF at 16.51% and DA at 13.02%.
Mpumalanga is at 98.4% with 1 782 of 1 811 VDs completed. The ANC is leading with 51.75% of the vote followed by the MK Party at 17.40% and EFF at 12.7
0%.
KwaZulu-Natal is at 99.58% complete with 4 953 of 4 974 voting districts completed.
The MK Party is in the lead with 45.93% of the vote followed by the ANC at 17.61% and IFP at 16.26%.
Vote counting and validation in the Free State is complete at 100% with all of the 1 586 of 1 586 VDs completed.
The ANC is in the lead in the province at 52.88% followed by the DA at 21.31% and EFF at 13.09%.
The Eastern Cape is at 98.5% with 4 794 of 4 867 voting districts completed. The ANC has 63.22% of the vote followed by the DA at 13.92% and EFF at 10.08%.
The Western Cape is at 97.68% with 1 534 of 1 572 VDs completed. The DA is leading at 53.23% followed by the ANC at 21.19 and PA at 7.43%.
Counting in the Northern Cape is complete with 730 of 730 VDs completed. The ANC is in the lead with 49.30% of the votes followed by the DA at 21.22% and EFF at 12.89%.
Gauteng is at 94.46% with 2 642 of 2 797 voting districts completed. The ANC is in the lead with 36.31% of the vote followed by the DA at 26.97% and EFF
at 12.46%.
Source: South African Government News Agency