{"id":57039,"date":"2014-05-08T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T07:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=57039"},"modified":"2014-05-08T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T07:11:13","slug":"south-african-2014-election-results-where-to-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/57039\/south-african-2014-election-results-where-to-look\/","title":{"rendered":"South African 2014 election results &#8211; where to look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 7 May 2014, South Africa hosted its fifth general elections since the fall of apartheid, which is used to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>The ANC is expected to comfortably win the 2014 general elections \u2013 but the main question is whether the ANC will lose significant support.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 the ANC won 65.90% of the vote, with the DA in second place with 16.66% and Cope third with 7.42%.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the ANC is expected to lose some support to the DA and the newly formed EFF. Cope is also expected to lose significant support, despite its leader Terror Lekota\u2019s promise that it will not happen.<\/p>\n<p>Many South African websites are proving in-depth coverage of the 2014 elections, which include the election results. Here are some of the best resources available.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"News24 Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/elections\/results\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">News24 Elections map<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>News24\u2019s detailed interactive Election Results Maps provides users with insight into South Africa\u2019s election results stretching back to 1994. The website\u2019s elections portal also provides a wealth of information about the country\u2019s <a title=\"News24 elections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/Elections\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2014 general elections<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"ENCA Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.enca.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ENCA Elections portal<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>ENCA has a dedicated portal for coverage of the 2014 South African general elections. Their coverage includes up to date election news, videos and related information.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"EWN Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/elections\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Eyewitness News Election Hub<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Eyewitness News has a dedicated hub for the 2014 South African elections. This hub includes information about the elections, the latest news and a quiz.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"MG Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/mg.co.za\/tag\/elections-2014\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mail &amp; Guardian election news<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Mail &amp; Guardian keeps readers up to date with election news. The latest articles can be viewed using the \u201celections-2014\u201d tag.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"TimesLive Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/special\/election2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TimesLive elections section<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>TimesLive has a special Elections 2014 sections which carries the latest news about South Africa\u2019s general elections.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"IOL Elections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/special-features\/2014-elections\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">IOL Elections section<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>IOL\u2019s 2014 Elections sections has all the latest articles related to the 2014 general elections.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"Election results\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.org.za\/content\/Elections\/Election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Electoral Commission of South Africa<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Electoral Commission of South Africa, which is tasked with managing free and fair elections at all levels of government, provides the election results in PDF and Excel format.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on the elections<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a title=\"Permalink to IEC launches election apps \u2013 but says no to selfies\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/56801\/iec-launches-election-apps-but-says-no-to-selfies\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">IEC launches election apps \u2013 but says no to selfies<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"ANC mulls Information Ministry: report\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/56767\/anc-mulls-information-ministry-report\/\"><strong>ANC mulls Information Ministry: report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DA proposes new ministerial handbook for Gauteng\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/56717\/da-proposes-new-ministerial-handbook-for-gauteng\/\"><strong>DA proposes new ministerial handbook for Gauteng<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many websites are providing South Africans with coverage of the country\u2019s 2014 general elections, which include the results as they become available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":52813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7889,6303,26,7891,853],"class_list":["post-57039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-2014-elections","tag-elections","tag-headline","tag-online-maps","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57041,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57039\/revisions\/57041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}