The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) says 95% of the voters sampled believe that the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) were free.
The HSRC briefed the media at the Results Operations Centre (ROC) in Tshwane on Wednesday morning.
HSRC’s Acting Strategic Lead and Research Director, Benjamin Roberts says provincially the free opinion varied from 90% in the Western Cape and 98% in Mpumalanga.
“Similarly 94% of the voters are of the opinion that the elections procedures were fair and again in terms of the provincial variation in this figure it fluctuated between 90% in the Western Cape and 98% in Mpumalanga,” says Roberts.
Roberts reveals that 1% of the voters were not satisfied with the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) services during the election processes.
“[About] 96% voiced general satisfaction with the quality of services rendered by electoral staff to voters, with 3% expressing a neutral position and 1% dissatisfied.
“Provincially, satisfaction ranged between 93% in North West and Gauteng and 98% in Mpumalanga and Limpopo,” he says.
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