The African National Congress won
thirteen wards and the Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters won
one seat each in the by-elections contested in six provinces yesterday.
The results saw all parties
retaining the wards they won in the 2016 Municipal Elections in August – with
one exception: the African National Congress lost one ward to the Economic
Freedom Fighters in Polokwane, Limpopo.
Voter turnout varied in the
by-elections between 27.75% and 63.77% with an average of 43.51%.
The new councillors for the African National
Congress are:
- Eastern Cape:
Pumzile Makaleni in Ward 17 in the Mbhashe Municipality – EC121.
The seat was retained by the party with 73.53% of the 2 236 votes cast. Voter turnout was 46.79%.
- Eastern Cape:
Luyanda Tyhobeka in Ward 11 in the Raymond Mhlaba Municipality
– EC129. The seat was retained by the party with 52.66.% of the 1 324 votes
cast. Voter turnout was 27.75%.
- Eastern Cape: Fikile Andrew Jama in Ward 7 in the Port St Johns Municipality
– EC154. The seat was retained by the party with 83.28% of the 2 048 votes
cast. Voter turnout was 45.78%
- Eastern Cape: Onesimo Nofemele in Ward 26 in the Mbizana Municipality – EC443. The seat was retained by the party with 75.47%
of the 1 787 votes cast. Voter turnout
was 46.88%
- Eastern Cape: Ayanda
Tyokwana in Ward 4 in the Nelson
Mandela Bay Municipality – NMA. The seat
was retained by the party with 77.89% of the 5 488 votes cast. Voter turnout was 47.08%.
- Eastern Cape: Dolly
Buti in Ward 14 in the Nelson
Mandela Bay Municipality – NMA. The seat
was retained by the party with 67.54% of the 3 482 votes cast. Voter turnout was 33.94%
- KwaZulu-Natal: Sonengaliphi
Selby Maphumulo in Ward 1 in the
uMuziwabantu Municipality – KZN214. The
seat was retained by the party with 53.52% of the 2 774 votes cast. Voter turnout was 63.77%
- KwaZulu-Natal: Thabisile
Precious Njoko in Ward 20 in the
Alfred Duma Municipality – KZN238. The seat
was retained by the party with 50.99% of the 2 928 votes cast. Voter turnout was 57.24%.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Siphosakhe
Zithulele Zulu in Ward 6 in the
Newcastle Municipality – KZN252. The
seat was retained by the party with 70.93% of the 2 131 votes cast. Voter turnout was 41.56%
- Limpopo: Ntsako
Lauward Ngobeni in Ward 3 in the
New Municipality – LIM345. The seat was
retained by the party with 76.46% of the 2 708 votes cast. Voter turnout was 51.70%
- Mpumalanga: Sipho
Thulani Mnisi in Ward 7 in the
Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality – MP301.
The seat was retained by the party with 83.11% of the 1 741 votes
cast. Voter turnout was 46.07%
- Mpumalanga: Mhlupheki
Meshack Thombeni in Ward 6 in
the Victor Khanye Municipality – MP311.
The seat was retained by the party with 55.75% of the 1 933 votes
cast. Voter turnout was 51.84%
- Western Cape: Thembisile
Mabhuti Batembu in Ward 108 in
the City of Cape Town – CPT. The seat
was retained by the party with 57.52% of the 6 356 votes cast. Voter turnout was 32.30%
The new councillor for the Democratic
Alliance is:
- Northern Cape: Ebrahim Mohammed Sulliman in
Ward 2 in the Kgatelopele Municipality – NC086. The seat was retained by the party with 72.07%
of the 1 340 cast. Voter turnout was 63.69%.
The
new councillor for the Economic Freedom Fighters is:
- Limpopo: Jonas Evans Mothapo in Ward
10 in the Polokwane Municipality – LIM354. The party won the seat with 54.21% of the 4
092 votes cast. Voter turnout was 48.09%. The seat was previously held by the African
National Congress.
The detailed results are
available on the IEC website at www.elections.org.za.
ISSUED BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Ensuring
free, fair and credible elections
Centurion
10 November 2016
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