South Africa’s ruling party may lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since it came to power at the end of apartheid three decades ago.
J. Countess—Getty ImagesCAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa held a national election Wednesday that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years, with the long-ruling African National Congress party facing a stern test to hold onto its majority.
Under the South African political system, people vote for parties and not directly for the President in their national elections. The two processes are separate, even though they are linked: Voters choose parties to decide the makeup of Parliament and lawmakers then elect the President. South Africans can choose parties, or for the first time independent candidates, to go to Parliament. Parties get seats in Parliament according to their share of the vote.
There, the 400 lawmakers vote for one of them to be the head of state and it needs a simple majority of 201. Because the ANC has always had a parliamentary majority since 1994, every President since then has been from the ANC, starting with Nelson Mandela.It has been almost procedural over the last three decades for the ANC to use its parliamentary majority to elect its leader as President of the country. This year may not be so simple.
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