ANC takes control in KZN, despite 9% drop in early results SAElections2019 ElectionResults | kaveels
"We are confident of winning KZN and coming back to lead as the ANC," ANC spokesperson Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said on Thursday at the provincial results centre.
By 10:00, the ANC was in the lead with 164 558 votes, the IFP was in second position at 58 339 and the DA in third place with 34 758, after 15% of the votes were in. This equated to 56% for the ANC, down from the 65% it received in 2014. The IFP sits on 18%, up from the 10% it received in 2014, while the DA has decreased slightly to 12.5% from 13.3% in 2014."You can expect KZN to play a significant national role. Statistics show we are a bigger province than Gauteng and will therefore contribute to national numbers and politics. That is why we work so hard as a province.
ANC KZN spokesperson Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu says they are confident of a win. She says that KZN will have a significant contribution to national results.
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