SA: ANC tipped to win elections

  1. Posted on Saturday 4 April 2009 - 07:10
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    Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    Ruling South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) is highly tipped to win the upcoming April 22 elections in a special pre-election social-political trends survey, according to Ipsos Markinor. However, the ANC faces some opposition from break away party - Congress of the People (COPE).
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    The survey indicates that it is most likely that the ANC will win the general election of 2009 by a large majority despite its support decreasing. The ruling party will field its leader Jacob Zuma as the presidential candidate.

    The parties in the rich country have since been preoccupied with campaign work as well as selling their manifestos. An Sabcnews.com report said ANC, DA and COPE are the three top parties ahead of the elections.

    The survey said the ANC has received the majority of support among likely voters, followed by the DA and then COPE.

    It also revealed that 4.2 percent of the people have not yet decided next to which political party they will make their mark. It is also said that the majority of likely black voters of 78.8 percent support the ANC and the majority of likely White voters 59.8 percent support the DA.

    The survey also said that DA is the most supported party among coloured and Indian likely voters, with 35.1 percent and 29.6 percent of the votes respectively. In the age distribution, ANC is said to have more support among all ages than other parties.

    Meanwhile, in Malawi a study conducted by the country’s Centre for Social Research (CSR) of the University of Malawi in conjunction with AfroBarometer has tipped president Bingu Wa Mutharika to win the elections.

    Media reports in the country said Mutharika who is the presidential candidate for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will scoop 61 percent of the votes.

    The opposition has been placed at 11 percent which will be taken by United Democratic Front (UDF) followed by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on 6 points.

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