Election Results: 17 percent of votes counted, ANC leads the way in 8 provinces

As of 7:45 on Tuesday, 2 November, 17 percent of the votes cast in the 2021 Local Government Elections have been counted. At this stage, the ANC and DA lead the way. Here’s an overview of the leading parties, according to the IEC Municipal election results dashboard.

2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

NATIONAL (17% complete)

1. ANC – 45, 71%  (1 293 628 votes)
2. DA – 26,45% (748 382)
3. Other Parties – 9,37% (268 058)

PROVINCIAL

Eastern Cape (24% complete)

1. ANC – 67,11% (372 710 votes)
2. DA – 15,98%  (88 769)
3. EFF – 7,08% (39 345)

Free State (25% complete)

1. ANC – 52,73% (104 668 votes)
2. DA – 20,11% (39 914)
3. EFF – 10,86% (21 556)

Gauteng (11% complete)

1. ANC – 35,76% (118 932 votes)
2. DA – 33,11% (110 146)
3. EFF – 11,63% (38 687)

KZN (7% complete)

1. ANC – 44,59% (100 522 votes)
2. IFP – 24,07% (54 261)
3. DA – 13,45% (30 320)

Mpumalanga (25% complete)

1. ANC – 52,29% (188 131 votes)
2. DA – 18,48 (66 489)
3. EFF – 14,45% (51 994)

Northern Cape (57% complete)

1. ANC – 45,72% (121 290)
2. DA – 24,2% (64 204)
3. EFF – 8,19% (21 719)

Limpopo (6% complete)

1. ANC – 60,38% (61 124 votes)
2. DA – 15,47% (15 662)
3. EFF – 11,18% (11 317)

North West (10% complete)

1. ANC – 50,44% (56 620 votes)
2. DA – 19,34% (21 714)
3. EFF – 12,74% (14 298)

Western Cape (27% complete)

1. DA – 50,85% (285 927 votes)
2. ANC – 19,81% (111 393)
3. Other Parties 7,03% (39 758)

For the live results visit https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/

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