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Democratic Alliance gets 35% in Johannesburg, ahead of ANC on 21.8%

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A poll puts the Democratic Alliance ahead in voting intentions in Johannesburg, with 35%, ahead of the African National Congress, on 21.8%. On an unspecified date for the full publication of the results, the survey of 1,000 voters per metropolitan area also indicates that the Democratic Alliance has 52.6% in Cape Town, according to eNCA and MarkData.

The Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s main opposition party, has 35% of voting intentions in Johannesburg, compared with 21.8% for the African National Congress (ANC), according to an eNCA-MarkData poll of registered voters who intend to vote.

The survey was conducted from 12 August to 10 September among a representative sample of 1,000 voters in each of the metropolitan areas studied. Its margin of error is 3.08% in Johannesburg and 3.09% in Cape Town. In Cape Town, the DA will have to mobilise its supporters to retain its outright majority, according to eNCA and MarkData.

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