South Africa ? The leader of South Africa’s long-dominant ANC was treated like a president-elect Saturday after his party swept parliamentary elections — though not with the two-thirds majority it won easily in the last vote.

A split in the ANC and questions about Jacob Zuma’s fitness to govern after sex and corruption scandals no doubt contributed to the party’s loss of support. But Zuma insisted he was not disappointed, telling reporters: “We have won a decisive majority.”

But not the two-thirds of the 400-member parliament that would allow it to enact major budgetary plans or legislation unchallenged, or change the constitution — though Zuma says charges from the opposition he planned to undermine the constitution were unfounded.

Parliament elects the president in South Africa, and was expected to vote Zuma into office May 6.