With 7 percent of votes counted, only two parties have qualified for seats in the National Assembly.
Seat allocation is based on a fairly complicated quota, which in the 2014 election resulted in a party requiring almost 46 000 votes too earn a seat in the National Assembly.
While undoubtedly in the early stages of counting, only the African National Congress (ANC) – with 1 652 voting district results finalised – has 286 786 votes and the DA 171 106.
With 48 parties contesting seats in the National Assembly – the most parties contesting a national election in the history of democratic South Africa – this means that even though there might still be enough opportunity – it possibly is not as easy as expected to earn a seat in the National Assembly.
