97.62% National votes counted
By midday on Friday 97.62 percent of the national vote in the fifth democratic elections had been counted.
According to the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC), 21734 of the 22263 voting districts had been counted.
Out of the 17,788,485 votes counted so far 17,546,070 were valid.
Nationally there were 24,269,962 people registered.
The African National Congress was leading with more than 10 million votes so far, 62.26 percent.
The Democratic Alliance was in second spot with 3,889,949 (22.17 percent), and newcomer the Econonic Freedom Fighters was third with just over a million votes.
- Sapa