Charles Cilliers We now know the exact breakdown of how many seats each of the successful parties have received. The Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has declared the results officially on Saturday, and parties received a breakdown of the calculation of their final seat counts in the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces and each of the nine provincial legislatures. The IEC uses a mathematical system that ultimately allows some lucky parties to get “remainder” seats from certain collections of votes that don’t meet the automatic threshold for a seat, which are all awarded first. Crucially, at the end of the announcement, the IEC declared the elections free and fair. The breakdown of the seats was declared as follows: National Assembly ANC: 230 DA: 84 EFF: 44 IFP: 14 FF+: 10 ACDP: 4 NFP: 2 UDM: 2 GOOD: 2 Cope: 2 ATM: 2 AIC: 2 PAC: 1 Al Jama-ah: 1 Eastern Cape ANC: 44 DA: 10 EFF: 5 UDM: 2 FF+: 1 ATM: 1 Free State ANC: 19 DA: 6 EFF: 4 FF+: 1 Gauteng ANC: 37 DA: 20 EFF: 11 FF+: 3 IFP: 1 ACDP: 1 KwaZulu-Natal ANC: 44 IFP: 13 DA: 11 EFF: 8 NFP: 1 MF: 1 ACDP: 1 ATM: 1 Limpopo ANC: 38 EFF: 7 DA: 3 FF+: 1 Mpumalanga ANC: 22 EFF: 4 DA: 3 FF+: 1 North West ANC: 21 EFF: 6 DA: 4 FF+: 2 Northern Cape ANC: 18 DA: 8 EFF: 3 FF+: 1 Western Cape DA: 24 ANC: 12 EFF: 2 GOOD: 1 ACDP: 1 FF+: 1 Al Jama-ah: 1 Watch the announcement and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech below, courtesy of SABC: Earlier: The ANC has won the national majority vote again with a majority of 57.51%. While they are significantly down from the 62.15% they won in the last election, it is still a solid majority and a strong mandate for Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency in the sixth democratic parliament. The ANC crept just over the 10 million votes mark on Saturday morning, which is a reflection of the lowest-ever voter turnout since 1994, which analysts have mostly blamed on a combination of voter disaffection and poor weather on Wednesday in several parts of the country. The ruling party’s national majority was followed in the results by the DA, which dropped to 20.76%, and the EFF, which grew significantly from the last election’s 6.35% to grab nearly 10.8% of the national vote. The IFP, which gained about 3.37% of the vote, jumped from the 2.4% it gained in 2014. The ANC also just managed a majority win in Gauteng, which was the last province to reach completion of the count, since it is the most populous. The ANC also won all the provinces except the Western Cape, where it is the official opposition to the DA again. The DA is the opposition once again in the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State and Gauteng, while the EFF is yet again the opposition in Limpopo and North West, while taking that role from the DA in Mpumalanga. The IFP has also regained its status as the official opposition in KwaZulu-Natal, snatching second place from the DA. The EFF, IFP, Freedom Front Plus and ACDP saw gains, as some voters chose to cast their votes away from their previous favourites. The election could be considered a good one for the African Transformation Movement (ATM) and Patricia De Lille’s newly established GOOD party, who each secured enough votes to be awarded seats in parliament. The election has seen both of South Africa’s largest parties losing ground to some smaller parties, with numerous new parties nevertheless making little to no impact. This year, a record of 48 parties contested the national ballot, despite the high cost of doing so, and most of them now have little to nothing to show for it. They will also lose their hefty deposit fees. Parties contesting the national election and all provincial elections would have been required to deposit R605,000 in total (R200,000 and R45,000 x 9). The many who failed to win any seats have forfeited these amounts to the National Revenue Fund. As many as 27 of the smaller parties have expressed dissatisfaction with how the polls were conducted by the IEC and threatened on Friday to interdict the results. The IEC said on Saturday they would oppose any such urgent application, adding that they did not think it had any grounds in law to succeed. For more news your way, download The Citizen’s app for iOS and Android.<doc-sep>From 249 seats to 230, the ANC shrinks in Parliament In the 2014 general elections, the party won a total of 249 seats, meaning in the 2019 elections, it lost 19 seats. PRETORIA – The African National Congress (ANC) has bagged 230 seats in the National Assembly following South Africa’s sixth democratic elections. Speaking in Pretoria on Saturday, the Independent Electoral Commission chair Glen Mashinini announced the ANC as once again the party that would rule the country for a five-year term. In the 2014 general elections, the party won a total of 249 seats, meaning in the 2019 elections, it lost 19 seats. The second party to secure the most number of seats in Parliament was the Democratic Alliance (DA) with 84 seats. The DA had 89 seats in 2014 – losing five. However, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) grew from 25 seats in 2014 to to 44 in 2019. ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa then gave a keynote address, saying the people had voted for a “country they’d like to see in peace with itself and the rest of the world.” He thanked all those who took part in ensuring free and fair elections: “We pay tributes to millions who went to polls to choose public representatives who will help them realise their shared dreams. Many people braved the rain, the cold.” Our New National Assembly.... for 6th parliament pic.twitter.com/KVFG4Jyz0t — EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) May 11, 2019<doc-sep>South Africa’s sixth Democratic Parliament will begin later this month, with some familiar faces returning to the fore. With election-fever slowly dwindling away, after a particularly tumultuous political battle which climaxed on 8 May, attention turns to the opening of parliament and, in particular, the National Assembly. South Africa’s sixth Parliament For nearly two months, parliamentary pews have laid bare due to the bureaucratic intermission signalled by the country’s sixth democratic election. The seats, usually filled with animated politicians, have been left unceremoniously cold. This lull will, however, come to an end on 22 May. Next week, new Members of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces will be sworn in. The Chief Justice of South Africa will perform the honour and, under the Constitution, each party representative is expected to pledge an oath to the citizens of the country. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will undergo the ritual on 23 May, following which; Parliament will officially be in session. So, who can we expect to see in the bleachers – who will be representing our best interests as citizens of South Africa? Thankfully, all parliamentary candidate lists were finalised prior to the electoral conference. Objections were raised and swiftly dismissed; a blanket termination which garnered widespread criticism. As a result, we know exactly who will be part of South Africa’s sixth parliament. Read: Election results 2019 – here’s who made it to the National Assembly Political party representatives Below are the top ten party representatives of the leading parties in the National Assembly. African National Congress (National Assembly seats: 230) Cyril Ramaphosa David Mabuza Gwede Mantashe Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Baleka Mbete Lindiwe Sisulu Bathabile Dlamini Naledi Pandor Nomvula Mokonyane Ayanda Dlodlo For the full list of ANC members of parliament, click here. Democratic Alliance (National Assembly seats: 84) Mmusi Maimane Willem Faber Evelyn Wilson Joseph Job McGluwa Hendrik Krüger Patricia Kopane Andrew Whitfield John Steenhuisen Geordin Hill-Lewis Thomas Walters For the full list of DA members of parliament, click here. Economic Freedom Fighters (National Assembly seats: 44) Julius Malema Floyd Shivambu Dali Mpofu Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi Godrich Gardee Leigh-Ann Mathys Mbuyiseni Ndlozi Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela Marshall Dlamini For the full list of EFF members of parliament, click here. Inkatha Freedom Party (National Assembly seats: 14) Mangosuthu Buthelezi Narend Singh Mkhuleko Hlengwa Liezl Van Der Merwe Zandile Majozi Christian Msimang Bhekizizwe Luthuli Jan Esterhuizen Mzomuhle Dlamini Mphendukelwa Mbatha Freedom Front Plus (National Assembly seats: 10) Pieter Groenewald Anton Alberts Cornelius Mulder Wouter Wessels Phillip Van Staden Wynand Boshoff Tamarin Wessels Pieter Mey Ignatius Michael Groenewald Heloise Jordaan African Christian Democratic Party (National Assembly seats: 4) Kenneth Meshoe Steven Swart Wayne Thring Nosizwe Abada United Democratic Movement (National Assembly seats: 2) Bantu Holomisa Nqabayomzi Kwankwa African Transformation Movement (National Assembly seats: 2) Vuyolwethu Zungula Thandiswe Marawu GOOD Party (National Assembly seats: 2) Patricia de Lille Shaun August National Freedom Party (National Assembly seats: 2) Zanele Msibisi Ahmed Shaik Emam African Independent Congress (National Assembly seats: 2) Mandlenkosi Galo Lulama Ntshayisa Congress of The People (National Assembly seats: 2) Mosiuoa Lekota William Madisha Pan Africanist Congress (National Assembly seats: 1) Mzwanele Nyhontso Al Jama-ah (National Assembly seats: 1)<doc-sep>
Despite a record of 48 parties contesting the national elections, only 14 of them will serve in the National Assembly. This is according to Electoral Commission chairperson Glen Mashinini, who announced the election results on Saturday. “For the sixth time and the 26th year in a row, the majority party in the National Assembly of South Africa will be the ANC with 230 seats,” he said. The party is down by 19 seats in the National Assembly as it secured 57.7% of the vote nationally. Mashinini announced that the official opposition in the sixth parliament will be the DA with 84 seats. The EFF showed the most increase in seats with 44 seats in the National Assembly. They are followed by the IFP with 14 seats, Freedom Front Plus with 10 and the ACDP with four seats. The NFP, UDM, Good, Cope, ATM and AIC all received two seats each. Al Jama’ah and the PAC will be in the Nation Assembly with one seat each. “We had our share of multi parties contesting this round,” Mashinini said. He said that the country remains a shining beacon of democracy and human rights. These are the results for the following legislatures: Eastern Cape ANC 44 seats DA 10 seats EFF 5 seats UDM 2 seats FF+ 1 seat AIC 1 seat Free State ANC is the majority party with 19 seats DA is the official opposition with 6 seats EFF 4 seats FF+ 1 seat Gauteng ANC is the majority party in Gauteng is the ANC with 37 seats. DA is the official opposition with 20 seats. EFF 11 seats FF+ 3 seats ACDP 1 seat IFP 1 seat KwaZulu-Natal ANC has 44 seats as the majority party. The IFP is the official opposition with 13 seats. ATM 1 seat ACDP 1 seat MF 1 seat EFF 8 seats DA 11 seats Limpopo The majority party in Limpopo is ANC with 38 seats The official opposition is the EFF with 7 seats. DA has 3 seats FF+ 1 seat. Mpumalanga Majority party in Mpumalanga is the ANC with 22 seats. Official opposition EFF 4 seats DA 3 seats FF+ 1 seat North West The ANC is the majority party with 21 seats. The EFF is the official opposition in the province with 6 seats. DA 4 seats FF+ 2 seats Northern Cape The majority party in Northern Cape is the ANC with 18 seats. DA is the official opposition with 8 seats EFF 3 seats FF+ 1 seat Western Cape