A huge number of parties who have fared badly in the 2019 election results have formed a bit of a 'coalition of the wounded'.
Andile Mngxitama on a donkey and Deputy President Zanele Lwana arrive at the Mngxitama homecoming rally. Image: Twitter/@BlackOpinion2
A huge number of parties who have fared badly in the 2019 election results have formed a bit of a ‘coalition of the wounded’. Numerous smaller political parties at the results centre in Pretoria are feeling disgruntled amid evidence from the IEC’s voter count that only eight parties have so far received more than half a percent of the vote.
A record 48 parties appeared on the ballot this year, and most of those who have no hope of now of winning a seat in the National Assembly or a provincial legislature gathered at the results centre earlier today to express their disdain about the results and the electoral process.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
2019 Elections - ANALYSIS: Curiouser and Curiouser – the strange case of the 2019 electionsThis has, by any standards, been a rather strange election campaign by the major parties. The ANC is riven with factionalism, the DA spends its time attacking other parties rather than putting its own message across, and the EFF is beginning to emerge as a force bigger than just one man, Julius Malema.
Read more »
2019 Elections - Analysis: South Africa’s foreign affairs goes missing in action in the 2019 electionBoth candidates and parties have given short shrift to explaining their positions on South Africa’s crucial foreign and international economic policies, in the about-to-wrap-up national election. But these issues are too important to be left to a couple of lines in the parties’ respective manifestos. At the same time, however, the media may have let them all off far too lightly to address the needs of voters. There is a better way.
Read more »
2019 Elections: 2019 Election Results: Tracking the CountDaily Maverick and Intellidex analyst Peter Attard Montalto are joining up to track results as they unfold - barring glitches like printer melt-downs and such - in this, South Africa’s most contested elections 25 years into democracy. The pollsters have had their say, and on 8 May it’s up to the 26, 736,803 registered voters to cast their ballots before 9pm when voting stations close. And then the count’s on. We will be looking at forecasts that can be made, if any, from early partial results to the final result, looking through the party swings in certain areas and important difference between votes and actual seats, especially in tight provincial contests.
Read more »
LIVE: First election results arrive from 2019 polls, with ANC taking a two-vote leadFollow the action of today's big polls to decide who governs the country and each of its nine provinces for the next five years.
Read more »
Election 2019: Top quotes from SA’s political leadersIn the course leading up to South Africa’s sixth democratic election, political parties have been pulling all the stops to garner voter support.
Read more »
2019 Elections: Explainer: What to expect when you’re expectingThe campaigning is over, the voting is underway, and now the waiting game starts. It is likely that the final result of the 2019 elections will be available by Saturday afternoon, with strong indicators emerging by Thursday evening. Let's wait and see...
Read more »
Sunday Read: How more Stage 4 load shedding would have whacked the ANC in Election 2019At Stage 4 load shedding, the ANC election outcome would have been much lower than now expected, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Read more »
Election 2019: What voters need to knowThe Independent Electoral Commission has called for an end to robust political campaigning.
Read more »
2019 Elections: The youth vote: Students at UCT weigh up their optionsOn the eve of election day, Daily Maverick visited the University of Cape Town campus and asked students what they think about political parties and their vote.
Read more »