With 70% of the votes counted by Friday morning, we’ve got a pretty good idea of how things have played out in the election so how does this translate into seats in Parliament? News24  has done the calculations:

1. Of the 400 seats in Parliament, the ANC has netted 190 seats so far (they’re at 65% of the vote, below the two-third’s majority).

2. The DA has got 47 seats.

3. Cope has 22.

4. The  IFP has 11 seats, UDM 3 seats, FF+ 3 seats, the ID between 2 and 3, and the ACDP has got 2 seats so far.

5. It takes 44 600 votes to get one seat based on the fact that 17.9-million people voted. Read the full News24 story here.

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