South African General Election Results – Count reaches 7 million

Latest South African Election Results UPDATED HERE.

The ANC is close to clinching a two-thirds majority, with 65.75 percent of the national vote going to the ruling party as of 2.26pm. So far more than 6,9 million national ballots have been counted.

The DA’s total has slid down to below 17 percent and COPE’s total crept up to over 8 percent.

The IFP has about 3 percent of the vote, and the ID is trailing them with 1.3 percent.

The ANC has a secure lead in all but the Western Cape, where the DA has secured just under 50 percent of the vote. The ANC is at around 30%.

In the KZN, another battleground province, the ANC is winning with more than 65 percent of the vote. The IFP trails them with about 24 percent of the vote.

COPE has secured the largest number of their votes in the Eastern Cape at 13% and the Northern Cape at 17%.