Its support has fallen in every election since 2004 with the party taking 54 percent in 2016 municipal elections, compared with 62 percent in 2014's national vote.
The results, published by the Independent Electoral Commission , are the party's worst national showing since Nelson Mandela led it to victory in 1994.
The ANC held a comfortable lead with 57.49 percent after 99 percent of voting districts were officially tallied. That means they will be mathematically assured more than 50 percent of votes cast in the final official tally, due to be announced Saturday. Seats in parliament are allocated based on vote share and the party with the most representatives selects the president, who will be sworn in on May 25.
President Ramaphosa, 66, took over last year when the ANC forced then-president Jacob Zuma to resign after nine years dominated by corruption allegations and economic decline. Results released by the IEC showed the ANC's closest rival, the main opposition DA, trailing with a distant 20.8 percent of the vote.
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