ANC leads DA by six points in municipal elections
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
After 53% of ballots had been counted, the ANC had 31.83% of the vote in South Africa’s municipal elections, compared with 25.92% for the Democratic Alliance. Projections by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research point to a historic result for the ANC, while 57 municipal councils already have no majority, according to IOL.
The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s governing party, had secured 31.83% of the national vote after 53% of ballots had been counted in the municipal elections on Thursday 5 November. The Democratic Alliance (DA), the main opposition party, stood at 25.92%, while the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party had 8.04%, according to the results of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The MK had passed the one-million-vote threshold, while the other parties remained below 6%. The ANC had won control of 15 of the 213 municipal councils, compared with five for the DA and two for the MK; 57 councils had no majority and the results for 133 others were still being calculated.
In 2021, the ANC won 45.59% of the municipal vote, compared with 21.62% for the DA. Projections by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research put the ANC at 31.7%, the DA at 25.7% and the MK at 9%.
The figures extend the ANC’s loss of its majority in the eight metropolitan municipalities, announced on 5 November in the South African municipal election results. They come as the Democratic Alliance retains uMngeni with more than 60% of the vote.
