Wednesday, May 14, 2014

ANC won the South African Elections for the fifth successive term

African National congress (ANCwon the national elections of South Africa for the fifth successive term. In the election results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission in Pretoria on 9th May 2014, the ANC won the elections with 62.2 percent of votes. This was the fifth national elections held in South Africa after apartheid ended in 1994.

In the National and Provisional Elections of 2014, the voter turnout was as high as 75 percent. Out of 29 parties only 13 parties received enough votes to have representation in the National Assembly in Parliament. This is the first National Assembly in Parliament in South Africa after the Nelson Mandela‘s death in December 2013. Jacob Zuma is the presidential candidate of ANC. With this win, he will assume the office of President for second five-year term.

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