ANC wins Northern Cape, while Cope falters
4 August 2016
Pretoria - The ANC has kept its hold on the Northern Cape, while Cope’s support has shrunk significantly, according to the IEC’s final verified votes for the province.
Just after 14:00, the IEC said that it had captured 100% of the verified votes for the Northern Cape.
Provisional final results for the province indicate that the ANC, with 58% of the vote, is followed by the DA with just over 24%, and the EFF with 8.6%. In 2011, the ANC had 63.12% in the Northern Cape while the DA had 21.99%.
Notably, Cope shed the most votes in the province. In 2011, Cope had 11.79% overall support in the Northern Cape, compared to the 2.5% it has secured in this year’s local government election.