Vote count and returns in LGE 2021 at 93% early Thursday morning

The vote count and results announcement in the 2021 local government elections reached 93% by 1am on Thursday.

According to the IEC’s website, results so far include the following statistics:

• 21 576 of 23 148 Voting Districts completed
• 3930 of 4468 Wards completed
• 184 of 213 Municipalities completed
• 6981 of 8794 Seats allocated

The website also indicated that vote counts completed in provinces at 1am on Thursday include:

• Free State: 100%
• North West: 99%
• Northern Cape: 98%
• Limpopo: 95%
• Eastern Cape: 95%
• Mpumalanga: 94%
• Gauteng: 93%
• Western Cape: 89%
• Kwazulu-Natal: 85%

The IEC expects to announce final results later on Thursday.

National support for the political parties so far indicates the ANC has secured 46.2% of the vote, the DA 21.05%, the EFF 10.4%, the IFP 5.49% and the FFPlus 2.42%.

Other and smaller parties have secured around 11.5% nationally, while independents secured almost 2% in wards around the country.