Ruling ANC wins South Africa polls

South Africa’s election commission completed a vote count that confirms the ruling African National Congress as the winner, but also shows the strengthening of prominent opposition groups, according to results yesterday.

The government said the election and its aftermath had gone smoothly, despite some scattered delays and disruptions, and an outbreak of street violence in a poor area of Johannesburg.

With all 22,000 voting districts counted, the African National Congress had 62.15% of the vote, several percentage points lower than its result in 2009 elections, the election commission said on its website.