{"id":59693,"date":"2014-05-09T16:12:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T14:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/59693\/election-results-announced-saturday\/"},"modified":"2014-05-10T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T06:40:12","slug":"election-results-announced-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/09\/election-results-announced-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Election results to be announced later today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is confident it will announce the final results of South Africa\u2019s fifth democratic elections at 18:00 on Saturday as the vote count reaches completion on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>IEC Chairperson Pansy Tlakula was quoted by SA Breaking News, \u201cLadies and gentlemen, with 97.96 percent of results captured, we are confident of being able to announce the official results tomorrow.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have received four objections submitted in terms of Section 55 of the Electoral Act and the Commission will deal with these before we announce the final results at 18:00 tomorrow here at the National Results Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement is set to be broadcast live on SABC 2 and on other news channels.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Tlakula said voter turnout was 73.26 percent and the commission is still waiting for delivery of ballots from eight foreign missions for inclusion in the count for the international voting district.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click here for latest live update\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.org.za\/resultsnpe2014\/default.aspx\">Click here for latest live update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabreakingnews.co.za\/2014\/05\/09\/iec-will-announce-election-results-on-saturday\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">SA Breaking News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of 15:50 on Friday May,<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Results <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African National Congress (ANC) \u2013 62.23 percent<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Alliance (DA) \u2013 22.14 percent<\/p>\n<p>Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) \u2013 6.29 percent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauteng Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African National Congress (ANC) \u2013 53.24 percent<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Alliance (DA) \u2013 31.19 percent<\/p>\n<p>Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) \u2013 10.22 percent<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='7ca60ad13acfa1c715953b54b6f50fe0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Gauteng results are the slowest to come through, the IEC remains 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