An indirect presidential election was held in

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on 6 May 2009 following the

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

on 22 April 2009.

Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan name Msholozi, and was a former anti-aparth ...

of the ruling

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won the election with 277 votes (13 more than the number of seats held by the ANC), while

Mvume Dandala Mvumelwano Mvume Dandala (born 26 October 1951 as Mvumelwano Umdandalaza) is a former presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and a former head of the All Africa Conference of Churches. He was the presidential candidate of ...

of the Congress of the People got 47 votes. The 67 members of the official opposition Democratic Alliance abstained from voting.

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