Vote counting reaches final stretch

Friday, August 5, 2016

Pretoria – It’s the second day of vote counting for the 2016 Local Government Elections and about 90 percent of the votes have been counted.

The results show that the ANC is leading with 54.20%, followed by the DA with 26.50% and the EFF at 7.95%.

The Northern Cape was the first province to finish its counting last night, with the ANC leading the votes at 58.57%, the DA at 25.07% and the EFF has 8.71% of the votes.

In Gauteng, the ANC stood at 45.61%, while the DA at 38.00% and the EFF has 11.01% of the votes.

In the Eastern Cape, the ANC is leading with 67.16%, the DA is at 17.45% and the EFF is at 5.09%.

The ANC is leading in KwaZulu-Natal with 56.92%, while the IFP has 21.99% and the DA is at 13.29%.

In the Free State, the ANC has 64.54% of the votes, the DA stood at 19.73% and the EFF was at 9.90%.

In Mpumalanga, the ANC has 70.97%, while the DA is at 12.89% and the EFF has 9.43% of the votes.

In Limpopo, the ANC has 68.89% of the votes, the EFF has 16.61% and the DA has 8% of the votes.

The ANC is leading in the North West with 59.67% of the votes, while the EFF has 15.53% and the DA has 14.34%.

In the Western Cape, the DA has 63.63%, the ANC stood at 26.61% and the EFF has 2.66% of the votes. – SAnews.gov.za