The Electoral Commission of South Africa, or IEC has set an intention to announce the final results from the Local Government Elections this weekend, as counting began on Wednesday evening.
Vote counting begins as soon as voting stations close.
So far, nationally, over 18% of the vote has been counted. With the African National Congress, and the Democratic Allaince neck-and-neck for the number one spot:
🟡ANC – 31.47%
🔵DA – 30.76%
âš«MKP – 5.49%
🔴EFF – 4.96%
🟠VFP – 4.43%
More than 29 million South Africans were registered for this year’s Local Government Elections.
However, initial figures from the IEC showed that about 12 million people voted by 17:00 yesterday afternoon.
These are early figures, and are expected to change as the counting process continues.