The African National Congress (ANC) and Democratic Alliance (DA) retained both the wards that they had won in the 2016 Municipal Elections during the by-elections contested yesterday, 11 April 2018, in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
• Julian Jansen is the new councillor in Ward 2 of Kou-Kamma Municipality – EC109 for the DA. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections with a lesser margin of 55.80% of the votes cast compared to 60.50% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout was 59.32% compared to 65.46% in the 2016 Municipal Elections.
• Lesibana Petrus Maloba is the new councillor in Ward 16 of Mogalakwena Municipality – LIM367 for the ANC. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, however with a lesser margin of 43.53% of votes cast compared to 44.64% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout was 31.24% compared to 39.63% in the 2016 Municipal Elections.
The detailed results are available on the IEC website at www.elections.org.za.
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Ensuring free, fair and credible elections
Centurion
11 April 2018
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