2008 South African presidential election

2008 South African presidential election

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Nominee Kgalema Motlanthe Joe Seremane Party ANC DA Electoral vote 269 50 Percentage 84.3% 15.7%

President before election Thabo Mbeki ANC Elected President Kgalema Motlanthe ANC

An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 25 September 2008 following the resignation of the President Thabo Mbeki. The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), with a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly of South Africa, elected Kgalema Motlanthe as president. The ANC indicated that Motlanthe would be a "caretaker" president until the 2009 election, after which ANC president Jacob Zuma would take office.^[1]