Own Correspondent|South African Opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has gained the exact number of Members of Parliament which the ruling party African National Congress (ANC) lost.

Even though the ANC was declared the ruling party for the next five years, the EFF gained 19 seats – the exact number of seats lost by the ANC – and the FF Plus gained six seats. In 2014, the EFF had 25 seats and the FF Plus had four.

In the 2014 general elections, the ANC won a total of 249 seats but in the 2019 elections it lost 19 seats.

With the battle for seats officially over, some of the political parties could then celebrate their successes and prepare their members for Parliament.

The Independent Electoral Commission announced the results of the 2019 general elections on Saturday, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) made their circles bigger.

The biggest winner of the two, however, was the EFF after it became the official opposition party in three provinces; the North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.