(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Etoria may 09 (qna) - more than 16 million south africans voted in the national elections and most of the vote has been counted with the anc coming out the clear winner with 60 per cent of the vote.
officials were quoted by abc news as saying voter turnout was high across 22000 polling stations nationwide and voting passed off smoothly although the anc said one of its members was shot dead outside a polling station in rural kwazulu-natal president jacob zuma's home province.
while the party is happy with the result it is the smallest margin the anc has won since the end of apartheid 20 years ago when the party was led by nelson mandela.
the anc's leader president zuma will continue his leadership despite sluggish economic growth damaging union strikes and criticism from prominent south african political figures including archbishop desmond tutu.
the next best performing party was the democratic alliance which ended up with about 22 per cent of the vote.(qna)
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