South African Election Results – 5.2 million votes counted

Latest South African Election Results UPDATED HERE.

More than 5.2 million votes had been counted by 11.30am today according to the latest results at the election centre in Pretoria.

The African National Congress had 3,434,611 votes. The Democratic Alliance trailed with 988,923 votes followed by the Congress of the People with 433,261 votes.

The number counted is around 18 percent of the 23,181,997 voters registered to take part in Wednesday’s polls.

It is not yet known how many votes were cast.

The Inkatha Freedom Party was in fourth place with 141,975 of the votes.

The Independent Democrats follow with 81,188 votes.