News24 | ANC loses its stranglehold on Parliament after shedding 71 National Assembly seats

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The ANC lost the greatest number of seats following the 2024 elections. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

The ANC lost the greatest number of seats following the 2024 elections. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

The ANC dominated the sixth Parliament with its 230 seats, but when MPs take up their seats for the seventh Parliament, only 159 members out of 400 will belong to the party.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa on Sunday evening released the seat allocations following Wednesday's general elections, and the ANC is the biggest loser, dropping a whopping 71 seats.

The party only lost 14 seats in the 2019 election, which hardly had an effect on its conduct in Parliament.

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