Tshwane results lagging behind as Gauteng vote tallying continues
Election results in the City of Tshwane was lagging behind the rest of Gauteng on Wednesday morning as vote tallying in the local government elections continued.
Only some 31% of the results were completed by mid-morning, compared to 57% in the rest of the province.
Its neck-and-neck between the DA and the ANC, with a gap of only some 2% between the two. The EFF is third with 10.65% of the vote.
The IEC said nationally some 90% of the results are already in the system awaiting scanning and auditing.
Northern Cape is leading the completion rate at 89%, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Mpumalanga are at 82% while Free State are at 78%.
In a media briefing on Tuesday evening, Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said the infrastructure in some areas in Tshwane has an impact on the counting process.
“It depends on the number of people who participated and how long it takes to count the ballots, it also depends on the human factor as well as the infrastructure, you will recall that Tshwane at the North of the city has a lot of peri-urban places were infrastructure is not as so good. So, it takes time in those circumstances to complete the actual counting process.”
The number of completed municipalities now stands at 111 from a total of 257.
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