Africa-Press – Namibia. THE African National Congress has suffered its worst election performance since coming into power in 1994. For the first time in the ANC’s history, South Africa’s ruling party won less than 50% of the vote nationally, according to results of the municipal elections announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) last night.
Repeated corruption scandals and poor basic services in traditional ANC stronghold areas lead to punishment at the ballot box. In addition, less than half of registered voters went to the polls.
In the eight metropolitan cities the results were as follows: In Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape, the ANC received 59%, the DA19.52% and the EFF 12.06%.
In the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape, the DA received 58.22%, the ANC 18.63% and the EFF 4.13%. In Ekurhuleni, the ANC received 38.19%, the DA 28.72% and the EFF 13.57%.
In eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC received 42.02%, DA 25.72% and the EFF 10.48%. In the City of Johannesburg, the ANC received 33.60%, the DA 26.47% and new kids on the block ActionSA 16.05%.
In Mangaung in the Free State, the ANC received 50.63%, DA 25.73% and the EFF 11.31%. In Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape, the DA received 39.92%, the ANC 39.43% and the EFF 6.40%. Lastly, in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, the ANC received 34.31%, the DA 32.34% and the EFF 10.62%.
IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini said 26.1 million voters registered for the elections, close to 370 000 were registered in the pre-approved MEC 7 list, and a total of 12.3 million South Africans voted in these elections.
Mashinini announced that the ANC achieved a majority in 161 municipalities. They were followed by the DA which achieved a majority in 13 municipalities, followed by the Inkatha Freedom Party which achieved a majority in 10 municipalities.
In about 66 municipalities, no party achieved a majority. These are known as hung councils. The IEC declared the elections free and fair. Sources:iol/sabc/enca/iec DONE: The IEC closing ceremony in Tshwane. Photo: IECSouthAfrica
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