While waiting for the official final results to be announced by the IEC on Thursday evening, 97% of the total votes have been counted and the results updated.

NATIONAL

ANC: 45.97% of all ballots cast, 10,423,190 votes in total.

DA: 21.24% of all ballots cast, 4,815,255 votes in total.

EFF: 10.38% of all ballots cast, 2,353,135 votes in total.

IFP: 5.52% of all ballots cast, 1,248,302 votes in total.

FF Plus: 2.37% of all ballots cast, 535,682 votes in total.

Patriotic Alliance: 0.98% of all ballots cast, 219,799 votes in total.

GOOD: 0.61% of all ballots cast, 138,509 votes in total.

METROS

Cape Town: DA 59.77%, ANC 17.37%, Cape Coloured Congress 2.87%, GOOD 3.98%, ACDP 2.43%.

Mangaung: ANC 50.63%, DA 25.73%, EFF 11.31%, FF Plus 5.5%, PA 4.48%.

Buffalo City: ANC 59.46%, EFF 11.5%, DA 19.64%, UDM 0.97%, PAC 0.96%.

Nelson Mandela Bay: DA 39.92%, ANC 39.43%, EFF 6.4%, NA 2.13%, ACDP 1.66%

eThekwini: ANC 41.97%, DA 25.27%, EFF 10.44%, IFP 7.13%, ActionSA 1.93%.

Tshwane: ANC 33.82%, DA 32.81%, EFF 10.62%, FF Plus 8.05%, ActionSA 8.58%.

Ekurhuleni: ANC 38.24%, DA 28.63%, EFF 13.58%, ActionSA 6.6%, FF Plus 3.34%.

Johannesburg: ANC 34.06%, DA 25.49%, ActionSA 16.06%, EFF 10.75%, FF Plus 1.3%.

PROVINCES

Western Cape: DA 54.58%, ANC 19.91%, GOOD 4.47%.

Northern Cape: ANC 50.76%, DA 19.6%, EFF 10.39%.

Eastern Cape: ANC 62.78%, DA 15.42%, EFF 7.77%.

Free State: ANC 50.61%, DA 18.77%, EFF 11.75%.

North West: ANC 55.3%, EFF 16.53%, DA 11.4%.

Gauteng: ANC 36.1%, DA 28.58%, EFF 12.41%.

Limpopo: ANC 68.56%, EFF 14.07%, DA 5.42%.

Mpumalanga: ANC 59.3%, EFF 15.23%, DA 11.71%.

KZN: ANC 41.59%, IFP 24.16%, DA 12.85%.