South African presidential election, 2009
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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.
Indirect election
Indirect election is a process in which voters in an election don't actually choose between candidates for an office but rather elect persons who will then make the choice. It is one of the oldest form of elections and is still used today for many upper houses and presidents...
presidential election was held in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
on 6 May 2009 following the general election
South African general election, 2009
South Africa held national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province on 22 April 2009....
on 22 April 2009. Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
of the ruling African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
won the election with 277 votes (13 more than the number of seats held by the ANC), while Mvume Dandala
Mvume Dandala
Mvumelwano Mvume Dandala is a former presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and a former head of the All Africa Council of Churches...
of the Congress of the People got 47 votes. The 67 members of the official opposition Democratic Alliance abstained from voting.