ANC retains Gauteng, EFF ups support

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Asked whether Maimane would finish his term, DA spokesperson Solly Malatsi said: “It will be irresponsible to speculate on it. The Fedex is meeting on Monday. Part of the agenda will be a report on our electoral performance and its ordinary business.”

The ANC stood at 57.67%, down from the 62.15% it garnered in 2014. The EFF had secured 10.59% nationally last night, up from 6.35% in 2014.

EFF national chairperson Dali Mpofu said the party was upbeat and satisfied to be in the double digits nationally when the ANC and the DA have declined.

In Gauteng, the DA stood at 27.29%, the ANC at 50.72% and the EFF at 14.41 at the time of publication.

The weakened performance of both the ANC and DA in Gauteng, has opened the possibility that the legislature will fracture into governing coalitions.

This is where the smaller parties like the IFP will become important.

Last night, IFP Gauteng leader Bonginkosi Dhlamini was confident that his party was going to regain its seat in the Gauteng legislature.

“We are confident that we will regain our seat in the Gauteng legislature and possibly double our seats after the completion of the counting,” Dhlamini said.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is expected to release the final results today, while several smaller parties contested the integrity of the poll.

Last night IEC Commissioner Janet Love said Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke would provide a sample of 1 020 voting stations, which would form the basis of the independent audit into alleged voter irregularities

She said while it was “theoretically possible” for people to vote more than once, the SAPS had reported that while there were attempts to double vote, there was no direct evidence that it has actually happened.

“As things stand, we do have indications that it is theoretically possible to vote more than once. Although attempts have been made, the finding is that there is no evidence of double or triple voting.”

Love said the audit process was an independent process, which provided the statistician-general with the full voters role.

The Deputy National Commissioner responsible for Policing, Lieutenant General Fannie Masemola, said last night that 17 people attempted to vote twice in Dannhauser.