Early runaway lead for DA in the Western Cape

Alan Winde, DA premier candidate in the Western Cape, casting his vote.
Alan Winde, DA premier candidate in the Western Cape, casting his vote.
Image: Esa Alexander

The DA has a runaway lead in the Western Cape thus far, with 57% of the province's votes counted by 8am on Thursday marked in its favour.

This is based on 42% of voting districts in the province having finalised their results.

Despite intensive campaigning by the ANC, it had, by the same time, accumulated about 27% of the provincial vote and former Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille’s party, Good, shot in at third place, with just over 3% of the overall vote tally.

The EFF is a close fourth, with 2.9% from the votes counted in 661 districts that have been completed.

Meanwhile, in Gauteng, with 13.61% of voting districts having completed their tallies, the ANC is just slightly over a 50% majority, with almost 200 000 votes in its favour. The DA has accumulated 26.5% and the EFF 13.72%, bringing the contest for South Africa’s economic hub to a close race.

The national poll, with 22.91% of votes counted, shows the ANC with a 54.65% majority and the DA in second place, with 26.49%. The EFF is still under 10% nationally (8.07%).

These numbers are based on the 2.7 million votes which had, by 8am, been validated.

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