ELECTION RESULTS AT 11:30 ON 31 MAY 2024:

With just over 59,09% of the votes counted, the ANC remains in the lead nationally at 41.88%. The DA is currently second at 23.22% and the MK Party at 11.52%. In Gauteng, the ANC leads with 33.37% followed by the DA at 29.16% and the EFF at 12.86%. In the hotly contested KwaZulu-Natal, MK is at 43.77%, the ANC second with 18.19% and the IFP at 17.44%. In the Western Cape, the DA leads with 54.63% of the votes followed by the ANC at 18.83% and the Patriotic Alliance at 9.32%. In the Free State, it is more of the same as the ANC leads far ahead with 52.78%, the DA is in second with 21.44% and the EFF is in third place at 13.26%.

This after the Electoral Commission’s election results screens at the national results and operations centre in Midrand and its website result dashboard are back online. The IEC says it experienced an interruption in the replication of data from the centre early this morning, causing a crash. The commission has reassured South Africans that the data centre remains intact and the results have not been compromised. It adds that result processing continues unaffected.

PHOTOS: (IEC)