{"id":967518,"date":"2024-05-30T03:08:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=967518"},"modified":"2024-05-30T03:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:08:56","slug":"133-voting-districts-declare-their-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/133-voting-districts-declare-their-results\/","title":{"rendered":"133 voting districts declare their results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just over half a percent of ballots cast in the national elections have been counted so far.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred and thirty-three voting districts have declared their results.\u00a0These results are not an accurate prediction of the final results, as it is a small sample.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the African National Congress (ANC) still leads, although it has dipped below 50% with 13 383 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Alliance (DA) lies a distant second on 7 109 but still well ahead of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on 1 947.<\/p>\n<p>uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) are closely matched nationally, although the PA\u2019s votes come from the Western Cape and Northern Cape, while MK\u2019s support lies in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)\u00a0says the majority of voting stations closed late last night because of long queues of voters that they needed to clear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the live stream of the election coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rz-6vrUWtQ?si=1pqT96588p_hB42B\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute Just over half a percent of ballots cast in the national elections have been counted so far. 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