2019 Elections Aftermath: Support for Ramaphosa not matched by provincial support for the ruling party By Jonah Dylan
Many voters made a somewhat unusual decision at the polls last week and decided to split their vote, meaning they voted for one party provincially and another party nationally. In the Western Cape, for example, the DA earned about 55% of the vote provincially but only 52 percent nationally. The same thing happened in Gauteng, where the ANC earned more national than provincial support.
The ANC earned less national than provincial support in all nine provinces, although the gaps in support varied in how large they were. In the Western Cape, the DA retained its outright majority and earned 55.42% of the provincial vote. But it earned only 52.42% of the national vote from the province. The ANC, on the other hand, earned 28.67% of the provincial vote and 31.26% of the national vote, meaning they likely took a good amount of the DA’s provincial votes on the national level.
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