LIVE: Jacob Zuma’s MK party stretches lead over Julius Malema’s EFF

The latest voting numbers show that Jacob Zuma's MK party has overtaken Julius Malema's EFF party for third place overall.

May 31, 2024 - 06:00
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LIVE: Jacob Zuma’s MK party stretches lead over Julius Malema’s EFF

As votes continue to be counted around the country on Friday, the ruling African National Congress’ (ANC) support has declined compared to its 2019 results – while the EFF has been overtaken by the MK party.

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In terms of the overall picture at 09:30 on Friday, 31 May, 12 959 of 23 293 voting districts have completed counting (55.63%) with a total of 7 943 840 votes counted.

The ANC leads the way with 3 281 862 votes (41.86%), followed by the DA (1 855 760 votes for 23.67%) with the MK party now in third (860 955 votes at 10.98%).

The EFF has slipped to fourth place with 748 844 votes (9.55%).

As a reminder, in the 2019 elections the ANC finished with 57.5% of the total vote.

Below, The South African website looks at the Top 3 parties in each province, as well as the percent of the total vote counted as at 09:30.

KwaZulu-Natal

Votes counted: 946 of 4 974 voting districts

Percentage – 19.02%

1. MK party – 43.75%

2. ANC – 21.49%

3. IFP – 19.09%

Western Cape

Votes counted: 748 of 1 572 voting districts

Percentage – 47.58%

1. DA – 52.08%

2. ANC – 20.70%

3. PA – 9.88%

Gauteng

Votes counted: 396 of 2 797 voting districts

Percentage – 14.16%

1. ANC – 36.35%

2. DA – 29.55%

3. EFF – 11.06%

Eastern Cape

Votes counted: 1 913 of 4 868 voting districts

Percentage – 39.3%

1. ANC – 66.25%

2. DA – 12.52%

3. EFF – 9.26%

Limpopo

Votes counted: 380 of 3 216 voting districts

Percentage – 11.82%

1. ANC – 71.70

2. EFF – 11.55%

3. DA – 9.26%

Mpumalanga

Votes counted: 412 of 1 811 voting districts

Percentage – 22.75%

1. ANC – 52.76%

2. MK party – 16.87%

3. EFF – 12.29%

North West

Votes counted: 406 of 1 738 voting districts

Percentage – 23.36%

1. ANC – 61.75%

2. EFF – 16.55%

3. DA – 10.97%

Free State

Votes counted: 555 of 1 586 voting districts

Percentage – 34.99%

1. ANC – 52.99%

2. DA – 21.81%

3. EFF – 11.86%

Northern Cape

Votes counted: 539 of 730 voting districts

Percentage – 73.84%

1. ANC – 46.35%

2. DA – 24.65%

3. EFF – 10.58%

NOTE: These are early numbers and are NOT final. However, they do give a good indication of what the final count may reflect.