South African vote tallying enters final stages with ANC on 40%

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MIDRAND, South Africa -Vote tallying in this week's South African parliamentary election entered the final stages on Saturday, with the governing African National Congress set to fall well short of a majority for the first time in 30 years of democracy.

The biggest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, was at 21.72%, while uMkhonto we Sizwe , a new party led by former president Jacob Zuma, had 14.83% of the vote. The ANC will now have to strike a coalition deal or another form of agreement with one or more smaller parties to govern, an unprecedented prospect in the post-apartheid era.

Political parties' share of the vote will determine the number of seats they get in the National Assembly, which then elects the next president.

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