NC completes capturing of results from voting districts; ANC loses majority

KIMBERLEY - The Northern Cape has completed processing and captured all its results for its 730 voting districts.

The African National Congress (ANC) is in the lead, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). 

The ANC lost its majority in the Northern Cape, with all the votes confirmed by midday.

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It only managed to secure 49.47%.

The DA has 20.9%, the EFF 13.2% and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) 8.6%.

This shock comes after the party said on Thursday that it was confident of a 60% majority.

The ANC, which now has 15 of the 30 seats in the legislature, will need to form a coalition if it wants to govern.

All the opposition parties had said that their main aim in this election was to destroy the ANC's majority.  

The DA said that it would not consider a coalition with the ANC. the PA and EFF's response was more nuanced when asked the question.

The ANC will have a media briefing later on Friday afternoon, detailing what their next move will be.