ANC heading for clean sweep in N Cape

Residents from Diamond Park queue outside the voting station in their area. Picture: Danie van der Lith

Residents from Diamond Park queue outside the voting station in their area. Picture: Danie van der Lith

Published Aug 4, 2016

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Kimberley - The ANC is heading for a clean sweep in the Northern Cape with an estimated 98 percent of the votes already counted.

Although results in some wards of the province’s largest municipality, the Sol Plaatje Municipality in Kimberley, are still outstanding, the ANC appears on track for a resounding victory with 58.15 percent of votes tallied so far.

The party has won 11 of local councils and secured 176 seats across the province.

The Democratic Alliance has obtained 25 percent of the votes, earning it 55 seats so far, while the EFF has 8.62 percent, with 13 seats.

The Democratic Alliance has not obtained a majority in any local councils in the province and has recorded most of its support in the Richtersveld Municipality with 46 percent of the votes and Nama Khoi with 41 percent.

While the ANC is leading the battle in Nama Khoi with just more than 46 percent of the votes, this is one of only five local councils where it has not obtained an outright majority, opening the possibility of a coalition.

Following the previous elections, the DA formed a coalition in the Nama Khoi Municipality with Cope to secure control of the council.

A DA/Cope coalition was also formed in Karoohoogland after the 2011 elections, but now the ANC has taken this municipality with an outright majority of 54 percent.

Hantam, which also saw a DA/Cope coalition after 2011, could again be open to a possible coalition after the ANC failed to get 50 percent.

According to votes that have already been counted, although this could change as more voting districts come in, the ANC has lost its majority rule in Ubuntu (where its support has dropped from 53 percent in 2011 to 42 percent), Kareeberg (dropping from 61 percent in 2011 to 46 percent, and Kgatelopele (dropping from 67 percent to 43 percent).

Counting is still ongoing across the province.

Elections Bureau

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