ANC takes three wards from other parties

African National Congress candidate Thozamile Qushani scooped Ward 40 in Port Elizabeth from the Democratic Alliance with 50.59 percent of the votes.

 

The ruling party also secured Ward 4 in Indaka, KwaZulu-Natal, with 59 percent of the vote. The ward was previously held by the Inkatha Freedom Party.

 

The ANC also won Ward 25 in Rustenburg with 73 percent of the vote. The ward was previously held by an independent candidate.

 

In total, the ANC scooped eight wards in the by-elections, three of which were uncontested -- Emakhazeni (Belfast) in Mpumalanga, and Wards 6 and 12 Rustenburg in the North West.

 

The DA won 17 wards in total, but 16 of them were retained from previous elections.

 

The only ward it scooped from the ANC was Ward 20 in Polokwane, Limpopo, with 64 percent of the vote.

 

A total of 63,065 South Africans cast their votes in the by-elections out of a registered population of 198,640.

 

The IEC recorded 304 spoilt votes.

 

Port Alfred was the only ward to record no spoilt votes.

 

Ward 25 in Rustenburg recorded the highest number of spoilt votes at 102.

 

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