WATCH: Ace Magashule accuses IEC of rigging votes

JOHANNESBURG - Leader of the African Congress for Transformation (ACT) and former ANC Secretary General, Ace Magashule, says he believes votes may have been rigged.

Magashule confirmed to Eyewitness News on Friday evening that his party had lodged an objection with the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), claiming ballot boxes were tampered with.

His newly registered party made regional and provincial ballots, but failed to meet the requirements to run for the National Assembly.

Magashule arrived at the National Results Centre unhappy with the numbers reflecting on the IEC’s leaderboard, claiming the party was being sabotaged.

With nearly 85% of voting districts counted, the party currently has a little over 14,000 votes in the Free State.

Magashule said the current election results were not a true reflection of the political party’s electoral support.

"There is one family which went to vote and that family is related to me, and the results there are zero, when eight people from one family went to vote. These are hardcore members of ACT. They have gone to the police for an affidavit, throughout parts of Free State, that is what has happened."

With Magashule being a former Free State Premier under the ANC, many thought his political party would make inroads in the province.