Centurion – The African National
Congress and the Democratic Alliance have retained the wards they won in the
2016 Municipal Elections in by-elections contested yesterday in the Eastern
Cape, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape.
At the time of issuing this
release (10h30) the results for the by-elections contested in ward 7 in the
uPhongolo Municipality (KZN262) in KwaZulu-Natal had not yet been finalised.
The new councillors for the African National
Congress are:
Sithembiso
Ncetezo in Ward 15 in the Mnquma Municipality – EC122.
The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, increasing
its margin to 94.19% of the valid votes cast compared to 82.79% in the 2016
Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 49.48% compared to 56.20% in
2016.
Lifa
Blessing Nkosi in Ward 45 in the City of Mbombela – MP326.
The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, increasing
its margin to 88.45% of the valid votes cast compared to 82.34% in the 2016
Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 37.06% compared to 57.68% in
2016.
The new councillor for the
Democratic Alliance is
Sharon
Merle Steyn in Ward 24 in the Sol Plaatje
Municipality – NC091. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal
Elections, increasing its margin to 88.36% of the votes cast compared to 82.84%
in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 41.06% compared to
70.14% in 2016.
The detailed results are
available on the IEC website at www.elections.org.za.
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