During the by-elections contested yesterday in the Eastern Cape, the Free State and the Western Cape, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) retained their seats won in the 2016 Municipal Elections.
The new councillors for the ANC are:
• Mzamo Njekanye in Ward 4 in Great Kei Municipality – EC123. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, with 86.70% of the votes cast compared to 91.18% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 52.55%.
• Wiver Sinqana in Ward 6 in Great Kei Municipality – EC123. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, with 67.19% of the votes cast compared to 46.60% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 46.53%.
• Zola Tshali in Ward 7 in Great Kei Municipality – EC123. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, with 63.67% of the votes cast compared to 83.80% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 51.11%.
The new councillors for the DA are:
• Nicholas David Muller in Ward 3 in Moqhaka Municipality – FS201. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, with 53.28% of the votes cast compared to 61.47% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 44.20%.
• Erika Luise Brown in Ward 3 in George Municipality – WC044. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, with 80.60% of the votes cast compared to 91.43% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 39.94%.
For more detailed election results please visit the Electoral Commission’s website at www.elections.org.za.
Please note that the Witzenberg (WC022) ward 9 by-election was originally proclaimed for 21 November 2018, but this by-election has been postponed to 5 December 2018.
The Electoral Commission approached the Electoral Court to request the postponement of this by-election beyond the 90-day period (which expires on 7 December 2018) in view of certain political party contestants not being granted access to certain farms in Ward 9 for campaigning purposes.
However, the Electoral Court did not grant the Electoral Commission permission to extend this by-election beyond the 90-day period, and hence the by-election has been proclaimed for 5 December 2018.
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