JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress lost three wards in the fifteen municipal by-elections held across South Africa on Wednesday. It lost two seats to the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape and one seat to an independent in a ward in Greater Groblersdal, Mpumalanga. However, it managed to win a seat off the Inkatha Freedom Party in Ndwedwe Kwa-Zulu Natal. It held onto eight wards it had won previously. The IFP held two and lost one. And the DA held one and gained two.
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2006 local govt election |
May 26 2010 by-election |
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Province |
Municipality |
Party |
% Votes |
% Poll |
Party |
% Votes |
% Poll |
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ECape |
Amahlathi [Stutterheim] |
ANC |
80.29 |
57.51 |
ANC |
85.68 |
38.76 |
|
ECape |
Lukhanji [Queenstown] |
ANC |
95.93 |
50.7 |
ANC |
86.49 |
45.12 |
|
Gauteng |
Mogale City [Krugersdorp] |
ANC |
73.15 |
45.74 |
ANC |
65.53 |
41.94 |
|
KZN |
Umzumbe |
ANC |
54.44 |
54.49 |
ANC |
74.4 |
52.34 |
|
KZN |
Hibiscus Coast [Port Shepstone] |
DA |
64.21 |
39.11 |
DA |
78.67 |
47.34 |
|
KZN |
Msunduzi [Pietermaritzburg] |
ANC |
63.75 |
59.1 |
ANC |
75.72 |
45.36 |
|
KZN |
Nqutu |
IFP |
90.96 |
47.42 |
IFP |
86.24 |
35.68 |
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KZN |
Msinga [Pomeroy] |
IFP |
70.89 |
55.62 |
IFP |
71.39 |
46.75 |
|
KZN |
Ndwedwe |
IFP |
49.39 |
57.57 |
ANC |
65.93 |
46.64 |
|
Limpopo |
Greater Groblersdal |
ANC |
41.06 |
39.66 |
Independent |
53.01 |
28.64 |
|
Limpopo |
Greater Tubatse [Burgersfort/Ohrigstad] |
ANC |
88.08 |
38.76 |
ANC |
65.37 |
26.85 |
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North West |
Moretele [Temba] |
ANC |
94.34 |
39.08 |
ANC |
95.18 |
29.68 |
|
North West |
Mafikeng |
ANC |
64.05 |
54.58 |
ANC |
73.59 |
26.63 |
|
WCape |
Cape Town |
ANC |
52.73 |
48.86 |
DA |
60.29 |
40.12 |
|
WCape |
Theewaterskloof [Caledon] |
ANC |
71.69 |
43.19 |
DA |
48.13 |
43.83 |
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Source: IEC (www.elections.org.za) |
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