The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) declared the results of the 2024 national and provincial elections on Sunday, 2 June at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand.
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The commission confirmed that it has received over 500 objections from over 20 political parties.
IEC ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS
Nearly 16.5 million South Africans cast their votes on Wednesday, 29 May.
For the first time since the dawn of democracy South Africa’s liberation party the African National Congress (ANC) lost its outright majority as support declined to 40%.
The Presidency has also confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver an address at the results ceremony.
On Saturday, former president and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party leader Jacob Zuma warned the IEC against declaring the results amid the objections.
Former Free State Premier Ace Magashule’s African Congress for Transformation (ACT) and Zuma’s MK Party are among the political parties that have rejected the election results.
“Some say machines crashed. No machine crashed. Wrong things were being done on the machines. I hope whoever is responsible hears what we are saying…don’t start trouble where there is no trouble. Give political parties which I think are a majority a chance to present their cases, information and everything,” Zuma said.