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An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 6 May 2009 following the general election on 22 April 2009. Jacob Zuma of the ruling African National Congress won the election with 277 votes (13 more than the number of seats held by the ANC), while Mvume Dandala of the Congress of the People got 47 votes.
The African National Congress was the ruling party in parliament going into the 2009 elections, having won 69.69% of the vote at the 2004 elections. During its term in office a number of internal changes occurred, the primary one being the election of Jacob Zuma to the party presidency ahead of Thabo Mbeki at the 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress held on 18 December ...
2009 Guinea-Bissau presidential election; 2009 Mahoran status referendum; 2009 Malawian general election; 2009 Mauritanian presidential election; 2009 Mozambican general election; 2009 Namibian general election; 2009 Nigerien constitutional referendum; 2009 Nigerien parliamentary election; 2009 Somali presidential election; 2009 South African ...
25 – The Independent Electoral Commission publishes the elections results. The ANC won 65.9% of the vote, The DA won 16.66%. [13] May. 6 – Jacob Zuma is elected president in the South African presidential election. June. 14 to 28 – The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup takes place in South Africa and is won by Brazil, with the United States as ...
Florida, the largest battleground state in the country, is a must-win for Mitt Romney. President Obama carried the Sunshine State in 2008, but his brand has been damaged there since then. The Senate race between Sen. Bill Nelson (D) and Rep. Connie Mack (R), and House races in the 2nd, 10th, 18th, 22nd and 26th districts, are worth watching.
MIDRAND, South Africa (Reuters) -The African National Congress looked set on Thursday to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, as partial election results suggested it would ...
2009 South African presidential election; W. 2009 Western Cape provincial election This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 18:07 (UTC). Text is available ...
The Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910 by the South Africa Act 1909, an act of the British Parliament. The House of Assembly (the lower house of the newly created Parliament of South Africa) and the provincial councils were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member electoral divisions. The franchise in these elections ...