ELECTION NEWS - The IEC has declared the results of the 2019 national and provincial election despite complaints by several of the smaller political parties that called for an independent audit of all the election results.

Both the ANC (230 seats) and DA (84 seats) will return to Parliament with fewer seats. The ANC has recorded a reduced majority of 57.5%. The DA has dropped to 20.76% from its 22.2% in 2014.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), however, increased their representation in Parliament from 25 seats to 44 seats.

The sixth Parliament will see newcomers GOOD and ATM (two seats each) join the ranks of the IFP (14 seats), Freedom Front Plus (10 seats), ACDP (2 seats), UDM (2 seats), AIC (2 seats), NFP (2 seats), GOP (2 seats). They will be joined by the PAC and Aljama with one seat each.

The ANC retained the eight provinces it governed after a nail-biting wait for the final results in Gauteng. Gauteng will be governed with a slim ANC majority of 50.1%.

The seat allocation for the provincial legislatures are:

WESTERN CAPE:
DA: 24 (down 2)
ANC: 12 (down 2)
EFF: 2 (up 1)
GOOD: 1 (new)
ACDP: 1 (no change)
VF+: 1 (up 1)
ALJAMA: 1 (up 1)
GAUTENG:
ANC: 37 (down 3)
DA: 20 (down 3)
EFF: 11 (up 3)
VF+: 3 (up 2)
IFP: 1 (no change)
ACDP: 1 (up 1)
EASTERN CAPE:
ANC: 44 (down 1)
DA: 10 (no change)
EFF: 5 (up 3)
UDM: 2 (down 2)
ATM: 1 (new)
VF+: 1 (up 1)
FREE STATE:
ANC: 19 (down 3)
DA: 6 (up 1)
EFF: 4 (up 2)
VF+: 1 (no change)
KWAZULU/NATAL:
ANC: 44 (down 8 )
IFP: 13 (up 4)
DA: 11 (up 1)
EFF: 8 (up 6)
NFP: 1 (down 5)
MF: 1 (no change)
ATM: 1 (new)
ACDP: 1 (up 1)
LIMPOPO:
ANC: 40 (up 1)
EFF: 7 (up 1)
DA: 2 (down 1)
MPUMALANGA:
ANC: 21 (down 3)
EFF: 4 (up 2)
DA: 3 (no change)
VF+: 1 (up 1)
BRA: 1 (no change)
NORTHERN CAPE:
ANC: 18 (down 2)
DA: 8 (up 1)
EFF: 3 (up 1)
VF+: 1 (up 1)
North West:
ANC: 21 (down 2)
EFF: 6 (up 1)
DA: 4 (no change)
VF+: 2 (up 1)

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