June 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The official results of South Africa’s general elections published by the country’s Electoral Commission (IEC) have confirmed the debacle of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in the country’s 30 years of democratic history.
The IEC has confirmed that the ruling party has won 159 seats after achieving 40.18 percent of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance (AD) with 87 seats and 2.87 percent support, as announced in a event broadcast live.
Although the polls gave the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) third place, it was finally the newly emerged uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), supported by former president Jacob Zuma, who took this place after achieving 58 seats and 14.58 percent of votes compared to the EFF’s 39 seats and 9.52 percent of the ballots.
It should be noted that, although the electoral authorities predicted participation would exceed 66 percent in the last elections, held in 2019, the rate ultimately remained at 58.61 percent.
On Saturday, Zuma called for an investigation into the elections and urged the Commission not to publish the final results after participating political parties raised almost 580 objections alleging irregularities, although IEC president Mosotho Moepya defended the work of the agency and recalled the difficulty of guaranteeing the reliability of a process “that is transparent and open.”
Both the ANC and AD are undertaking talks to resolve an unprecedented coalition government. The collaboration of AD would guarantee a parliamentary majority thanks to the 40 percent of votes obtained by Congress plus the provisional 21 percent that the formation led by John Steenhuisen has for now, a party closely linked to the economic elites and exponent of the minority. white of the country.
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