Google search trends indicate that South Africans are impatient to know the results and are searching for more election-related information as the news trickles out. Below is a round-up of some of the top trending election-related searches on Google over the past 24 hours.
| Top questions on elections in SA in the last 24 hours: | Top questions on the ANC in SA in the last 24 hours: |
| 1. Who won the election in South Africa? | 1. What does ANC stand for? |
| 2. How many parties in 2019 election? | 2. Why did Malema leave ANC? |
| 3. How many votes for a seat in parliament? | 3. How old is ANC? |
| 4. When will election results be available? | 4. What has ANC done for South Africa? |
| 5. When will the election results be announced? | 5. How many votes for ANC? |
| 6. How are the elections going? | 6. When was ANC formed? |
7. Who is the president of South Africa? |
7. Who is the president of South Africa? |
| 8. How many political parties in 2019 election? | 8. Who formed ANC? |
| 9. When does counting start election? | 9. Where to buy ANC clothing? |
| 10. Which party is leading with votes? | 10. Why should I vote for ANC? |
| Top searched party in SA in the last 24 hours: | Top searched candidate in SA in the last24 hours: |
| 1. African National Congress | 1. Julius Malema |
| 2. Economic Freedom Fighters | 2. Cyril Ramaphosa |
| 3. Democratic Alliance | 3. Mmusi Maimane |
| 4. Black First Land First | 4. Vuyo Zungula |
| 5. African Christian Democratic Party | 5. Hlaudi Motsoeneng |
| 6. Freedom Front Plus | 6. Patricia De Lille |
| 7. Good | 7. Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
| 8. Inkatha Freedom Party | 8. Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi |
| 9. Congress of the People | 9. Bantu Holomisa |
| 10.African Transformation Movement | 10. Andile Mngxitama |
| Provincial election search leaderboard in the last 24 hours: | Top cities searching for elections in SA in the last 24 hours: |
| Limpopo | Durban |
| Mpumalanga | Polokwane |
| Northern Cape | Sandton |
| Free State | Centurion |
| Kwazulu-Natal | Vanderbijlpark |
| Eastern Cape | Alberton |
| North West | Boksburg |
| Gauteng | Kempton Park |
| Western Cape | Germiston |
Search trends information is gleaned from data collated by Google based on what South Africans have been searching for and asking Google. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. This translates to more than a billion searches per day and 1.2 trillion searches per year worldwide. Live Google search trends data is available at https://www.google.co.za/trends/hottrends#pn=p40
Issued by Freedom Front Plus