In the elections held in South Africa, for the first time in the country’s 30-year history, Nelson Mandela’s ANC failed to win a majority.
According to the international news organization, the results of the election in South Africa have been announced. The ruling party ANC managed to get only 40 percent of the votes, which was 58 percent in the last election.
Similarly, the main opposition Democratic Alliance could get 21 percent of the votes and former president Jacob Zuma’s MK party only 14 percent.
Thus, none of the parties, including Nelson Mandela’s party and the ruling ANC, failed to win a majority in the election.
The former president’s MK party, which is contesting the elections for the first time, has gained importance with 14 percent seats and it is difficult to form a coalition government without them.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to power in 2018, but he could not maintain the popularity of his party, the African National Congress (ANC).
Remember that Nelson Mandela’s ANC has always won more than 50 percent of the seats since the country’s first democratic elections in 1994
