ANC cruises to victory

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ADRIAAN BASSON | PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - Apr 23 2009

With just under two-million votes counted, the governing African National Congress is cruising to another convincing victory in South Africa’s fourth democratic election.

By 6am on Thursday morning the ANC had received 1,2-million votes, which pushes the party above the 60% margin it was struggling to break through through the early hours of Thursday morning.

If the election was called on Thursday morning, the ANC would receive 62,5% of the vote, the Democratic Alliance 20,3%, the Congress of the People 7,5% and the Inkatha Freedom Party 2,8%.

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