According to the latest figures available from the IEC, with 689 of the 707 voting districts in the Northern Cape counted (more than 97%), the ANC had 57.25 % of the provincial votes. DFANEWSPAPER Elections2019 SAElections2019 MzansiVotes
While the party lost some ground in this year’s provincial elections, dropping by around 7%, it held on to its outright majority - putting paid to any hopes by the DA of taking the Northern Cape and snatching the crown of premier for the blue party’s provincial leader, Andrew Louw.According to the latest figures available from the Electoral Commission’s provincial Results Centre, with 689 of the 707 voting districts counted , the ANC had 57.
The big gainers, however, were the EFF, more than doubling its support from 4.96% to 9.57 %, and the Freedom Front Plus, increasing its support from 1.09% to 2.71 % over the past five years. The scorecard for the remaining parties: AIC 0.55 %, KSR 0.25 %, Azapo 0.25 %, ATM 0.24%, AKS 0.15%, APC 0.15%, SRWP 0.13 %, PAC 0.11 %, AASD 0.09%, UDM 0.06%, ACO 0.05%, NFP 0.04%, IRC 0.03 %, and ACM 0.02%.Taking top spot in the province means that many names on the ANC’s list will now make it to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, joining Saul who is at No 1.
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