South African presidential election, 2009

South African presidential election, 2009

6 May 2009

Nominee Jacob Zuma Mvume Dandala Party African National Congress Congress of the People Electoral vote 277 47 Percentage 85.4% 14.5%

President before election Kgalema Motlanthe African National Congress Elected President Jacob Zuma African National Congress

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 67 members of the official opposition Democratic Alliance abstained from voting.^[1]

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Elections and referendums in South Africa General elections 1910 1915 1920 1921 1924 1929 1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958 1961 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1984 1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 Municipal elections 1995–96 2000 2006 2011 Referendums 1960 1983 1992 See also: Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonies Elections and referendums in South African Bantustans