THE African National Congress (ANC) is leading all political parties in the 2019 National elections with 54.91% from the 1 949 724 vote counted so far.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is right behind the ANC with 26.10% from 926 643 that have been counted nationally.
To date 27.83% of voting stations have been counted, from the 65.07% voter turnout.
Over 3.6 million votes have been counted, as 26.75 million registered to vote in the National elections.
According to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over 48 994 votes were spoilt.
In the Western Cape, @PatriciaDeLille @ForGoodZA has claimed 3.65% of the vote the largest of all small parties, followed by:
— Jacques Coetzee (@feeblefruits) May 9, 2019
EFF - 3.11%
ACDP - 2.83%
VF PLUS - 2.18%
DA is leading by 60.19% followed by the ANC at 22.99%
More here @mailandguardian https://t.co/0VMur6WrLm pic.twitter.com/1Sm5b7jPNv
Now that the VF Plus is doing better than expected in the early stages of counting, do read @mailandguardian story that saw this coming and how other smaller parties have been losing votes hand over fist.https://t.co/y6G9mqydtY
— Athandiwe Saba (@Athi_Saba) May 9, 2019
#electionresults
— ?? Black & Ugly ?? (@ItsLDot_Spiffy) May 9, 2019
Nationally: ANC 52% DA 36% EFF 11%
Twitter: EFF 82% ANC 16% DA 02% VF Plus 00%
Ni ryt guys y'all satisfied? pic.twitter.com/uXJMmfj1bW
Lona, VF plus?? Shuuu pic.twitter.com/bE2WRzYVoe
— #LupusAwarenessMonth (@Kgodee_JLM) May 9, 2019
#ANCLeads for now. DA and VF Plus are coming pic.twitter.com/Nsstwj8tel
— Ganga Magangane (@GangaMagangane) May 9, 2019
#ElectionResults people discussing results when only 4k out of 23k stations have been counted. Vf plus might even fall out of the top ten after all the counting. Shut up! pic.twitter.com/GNBEYL7qM2
— Avocado Season Is Upon Us (@BlackSamMantsho) May 9, 2019
This should be a lesson that y'all must vote. Don't make a noise on social media fela. Nagana that racist party from Potch (NW) VF plus at 4th place#ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/E1yEu3tCkN
— Lerato (@Lee_keo) May 9, 2019