On the second day of counting the 2019 election votes, the African National Congress is still leading but has dipped below the 50% mark.
Over 80% of the voting districts have been completed, the ANC is the party with the most support so far having won 56.99% of the votes by Friday morning.
This means that well over 7.3 million voted for the liberation party, however by the looks of things their support has dropped as compared to the 2014 elections – as in 2014 they managed to win over 62.15% of the voters.
The Democratic Alliance on the other hand has managed to win over 21.83% of the voters, resulting in 2.8 million people voting for the party.
Meanwhile, the Economic Freedom Fighters who only started participating in National elections in 2014, seem to have grown their numbers
In the 2014 elections they managed to get 6.35% of the votes, as it stands the party looks to the only one growing between the DA, EFF and the ANC.
The highly contested Gauteng province looks like it will have another coalition government, as the ANC dipped below the 50% mark on Friday morning.
The ANC in Gauteng is currently on 49.52% with over 1.2 million votes, while the Democratic Alliance is at 28.44% and the EFF is currently standing at 13.94%.
On Thursday EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu said they are the only party that has significantly grown in terms of actual numbers.
“This shows the confidence that the people of South Africa have in the EFF," Shivambu said.
He added that the race was not over because the big metros still had to complete counting.
#SAElections2019 : We are back at the GAUTENG results centre.
— Canny Maphanga (@CannyMaphanga) May 10, 2019
9:51AM
58.21% (1613 out of 2 771) of the voting districts have been counted.
While the ANC remains in the lead, their support has dropped to 49.74%
DA has 28.28% and the EFF has 13.99% @TeamNews24 . pic.twitter.com/YMJdVrsMIF
1/ Bit of a flurry over here at the ROC as the ANC drops to below 50% in the live count for Gauteng. Current count: 49.55% for the ANC with 54.8% reported.
— Dawie Scholtz (@DawieScholtz) May 10, 2019
Nothing's changed in the projection. Just a large batch of suburban votes that came in.
Still projecting:
53
28
14
1/ Bit of a flurry over here at the ROC as the ANC drops to below 50% in the live count for Gauteng. Current count: 49.55% for the ANC with 54.8% reported.
— Dawie Scholtz (@DawieScholtz) May 10, 2019
Nothing's changed in the projection. Just a large batch of suburban votes that came in.
Still projecting:
53
28
14
It’s is safe to say that Naledi Chirwa, Vuyani Pambo, Peter Keetse and Piaba Madokwe have made it to parliament, those of you who voted EFF you've successfully delivered #FeesMustFall student to parliament. #ElectionResults2019#ElectionResults#Election2019Resultspic.twitter.com/0oDmkZJfpc
— Man's Not Barry Roux ? (@AdvBarryRoux) May 10, 2019
The way batho ba politiki walk after they see that their parties performed well enough to give them seats in parliament #Election2019Resultspic.twitter.com/8L8zUfqxZN
— Christo (@ChristoThurston) May 10, 2019
I love this country called South Africa ??????????#Election2019Resultspic.twitter.com/01TtlJ20h8
— Lecron JJ (@Lecron) May 10, 2019
COPE leader Terror Lekota just arrived at the Results Operation Centre in Tshwane, I ask him about plummeting votes for his party he is not willing to indulge, at least for now #Election2019Results pic.twitter.com/2dVL3SZReY
— Mshengu (@Mshengu_1) May 10, 2019
