A group of 35 small parties contesting the general elections have threatened to "call our masses" to protest against the results of the 2019 general elections.

The parties, most of which have not as yet garnered enough support to afford them a seat in parliament, say they want an independent audit of all the election results and an acknowledgement by the international community that the election process was not free and fair.

This comes in the light of multiple irregularities which resulted in alleged voter fraud - most of which have centred on the IEC's indelible ink that could be washed off, resulting in instances where some people allegedly voted more than once.

During a media briefing on Friday, members of the different parties claimed they were not a "disgruntled" group.

The ACM's Romeo Ramuada said the IEC was "ducking and diving" at meetings of the party liaison committee.

"This election is not fair and transparent. The IEC has admitted in these PLC meetings that there have been irregularities and some people have been arrested already. We have been threatened by the IEC, they've brought in a judge and we are telling the same judge that we are not going to be intimidated," he said.

"We are here representing our people who have been calling us day in and day out questioning the results. We are demanding the IEC bring us an independent auditor to audit these results and we want all political parties to be part of that process.

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"We are not worried about the numbers on the board because those numbers don't represent the views of the people. If it comes to push we are going to call our masses to come here and protest for free and fair elections," he added.

Daniel Lotter, leader of the Front National party, said the figures tabled by the IEC thus far in some cases do not represent some of the party's enrolled membership. "It is a question of moral decency in allowing the people of our country a decent and a fair election. We have all seen various examples of irregularities," he said.

"When we get to the point that the figures on the board represent less than your enrolled membership, where you as a political party leader know full well where you have voted, and when you look at that voting district it shows a zero for your party."

Congress of the People member Dennis Bloem said the ANC was trying to make South Africa a "banana republic".

"We want to make it very clear that we are not a disgruntled group; we are raising very legitimate question marks about the process … Our demands are clearly spelt out," he said. "We are not going to allow a situation where a ruling party is going to make this country a banana republic."