The Western Cape became the fifth of South Africa’s nine provinces to finish the counting of votes on Saturday.
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As reported by The South African website, the Northern Cape was the first province to wrap up counting on Friday, followed by the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga on Saturday afternoon.
All 1 572 voting districts in the Western Cape completed their counting late on Saturday afternoon.
The results were as follows:
| Rank | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | DA | 1 056 072 | 53.05% |
| 2 | ANC | 424 756 | 21.34% |
| 3 | PA | 145 913 | 7.33% |
| 4 | EFF | 116 871 | 5.87% |
| 5 | CCC | 35 115 | 1.76% |
| 6 | VF PLUS | 34 841 | 1.75% |
| 7 | ACDP | 25 761 | 1.29% |
| 8 | ALJAMA | 19 564 | 0.98% |
| 9 | GOOD | 18 301 | 0.92% |
| 10 | MK party | 15 766 | 0.79% |
MPUMALANGA FINAL VOTING
| Rank | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | ANC | 598 952 | 51.89% |
| 2 | MK party | 199 000 | 17.24% |
| 3 | EFF | 146 731 | 12.71% |
| 4 | DA | 136 699 | 11.84% |
| 5 | VF PLUS | 15 475 | 1.34% |
| 6 | ActionSA | 5 738 | 0.50% |
| 7 | UAT | 5 732 | 0.50% |
| 8 | IFP | 5 285 | 0.46% |
| 9 | ACDP | 5 012 | 0.43% |
| 10 | ATM | 4 620 | 0.40% |
KWAZULU-NATAL FINAL VOTING
| Rank | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | MK party | 1 614 188 | 45.93% |
| 2 | ANC | 619 531 | 17.63% |
| 3 | IFP | 572 451 | 16.29% |
| 4 | DA | 479 410 | 13.64% |
| 5 | EFF | 89 908 | 2.56% |
| 6 | NFP | 16 991 | 0.48% |
| 7 | ACDP | 11 833 | 0.34% |
| 8 | ActionSA | 10 367 | 0.30% |
| 9 | PA | 7 609 | 0.22% |
| 10 | VF PLUS | 7 553 | 0.21% |
FREE STATE FINAL VOTING
| Rank | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | ANC | 439 707 | 52.88% |
| 2 | DA | 177 155 | 21.31% |
| 3 | EFF | 108 819 | 13.09% |
| 4 | VF PLUS | 20 740 | 2.49% |
| 5 | MK party | 18 784 | 2.26% |
| 6 | ACT | 11 589 | 1.39% |
| 7 | PA | 10 958 | 1.32% |
| 8 | ATM | 5 512 | 0.66% |
| 9 | ActionSA | 4 468 | 0.54% |
| 10 | ACDP | 3 684 | 0.44% |
NORTHERN CAPE FINAL VOTING
| Rank | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | ANC | 196 146 | 49.3% |
| 2 | DA | 84 436 | 21.22% |
| 3 | EFF | 51 264 | 12.89% |
| 4 | PA | 33 273 | 8.36% |
| 5 | VF PLUS | 6 855 | 1.72% |
| 6 | NCCM | 5 425 | 1.36% |
| 7 | MK party | 3 729 | 0.94% |
| 8 | ActionSA | 1 989 | 0.50% |
| 9 | GOOD | 1 660 | 0.42% |
| 10 | #HOPE4SA | 1 622 | 0.41% |
Meanwhile, former president Jacob Zuma and his newly-formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party have made the biggest splash in this year’s national election.
In terms of the overall picture at 17:20 on Saturday, 1 June, 23 204 of 23 293 voting districts have completed counting (99.62%) with a total of 16 140 669 votes counted.
The ANC leads the way with 6 399 896 votes (40.18%), followed by the DA (3 474 935 votes for 21.81%) with the MK party in third (2 325 420 votes at 14.60%).
The EFF has slipped to fourth place with 1 511 151 votes (9.49%).
As a reminder, in the 2019 elections the ANC finished top with 57.5% of the total vote.