From the SA Press Association:
Counting of the Gauteng provincial results was 78.16 percent complete by 7.50am on Friday morning, according to the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) website.
According to the early results on the website, the African National Congress had 1,748,579 (51.67 percent) votes, the Democratic Alliance 1,123,338 (33.2 percent) and the Economic Freedom Fighters had 333,148 (9.85 percent) votes.
The Freedom Front Plus had 46,191 votes, Inkatha Freedom Party 21,739, the African Christian Democratic Party 21,723 and Congress of the People 16,470 votes.
The United Democratic Movement had 15,077 votes, the National Freedom Party 13,898 and Agang SA 13,742 votes.
From the 2647 voting districts in the province, counting at 2069 had been completed. Total votes cast were 3,416,331 with 32,417 spoilt votes and 73.24 percent voter turnout.
