South Africans will vote on Wednesday to elect a new National Assembly and legislatures in each of the country’s nine provinces. These will be the sixth democratic general elections in South Africa in the 25 years since the end of apartheid in 1994. AdvertisingMain contenders* African National Congress (ANC), the party of South Africa’s historic struggle to overthrow apartheid, has won every election since 1994, when Nelson Mandela became President. Its leader Mmusi Maimane, 38, an electrifying speaker and energetic campaigner, has been Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly since 2014. Results of electionBoth the 400-seat National Assembly and the 30-80 seat provincial Assemblies are elected by a system of ‘closed list’ proportional representation.

Source: Indian Express May 07, 2019 19:41 UTC