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The metros: All the final results

ANC has majority in Buffalo City, eThekwini and Mangaung, DA in Cape Town, others have hung councils

Who won what in which metro?

Pretoria - As the 2016 local government officially ended on Saturday night, many discussions turned to the ANC losing its 50% majority in key metros.

This leaves open the possibility of the DA going into coalitions with other parties to reach a majority and unseat the ANC.

Here are the IEC's results for the country's metros:

Buffalo City: (ANC majority) 
ANC - 58.74% - 60 seats
DA - 23.4% - 24 seats
EFF - 7.97% - 8 seats
AIC - 3.42% - 4 seats
PAC, UDM, COPE, ACDP - Less than 1% - 1 seat each

City of Cape Town (DA majority) 
DA - 66.61% - 154 seats
ANC - 24.36% - 57 seats
EFF - 3.17% - 7 seats
ACDP  - 1.21% - 3 seats
Aljama - 0.66% -  2 seats
AIC, FFPlus, DI, UDM, CMC, PAC, COPE, PA - Less than 1% - 1 seat each

City of Johannesburg  (Hung council)  
ANC - 44.55% - 121 seats
DA - 38.37% - 104 seats
EFF - 11.09% - 30 seats
IFP - 1.72% - 5 seats
AIC - 1.5% - 4 seats
FFPlus, ACDP, Aljama, UDM, Cope, PA - Less than 1% - 1 seat each

City of Tshwane (Hung council) 
DA - 43.11% - 93 seats
ANC - 41.22% - 89 seats
EFF - 11.7% - 25 seats
FFPlus - 1.99% - 4 seats
ACDP, Cope, PAC - Less than 1% - 1 seat each.

Ekurhuleni (Hung council)  
ANC - 48.64% - 109 seats
DA - 34.15% - 77 seats
EFF - 11.23% - 25 seats
AIC - 1.64% - 4 seats
IFP - 1.02% - 2 seats
FF Plus, ACDP, PAC, PA, Cope, Irasa - Less than 1% - 1 seat each.

eThekwini  (ANC majority)  
ANC - 56.01% - 126 seats
DA - 26.92% - 61 seats
IFP - 4.2% - 10 seats
EFF - 3.44% - 8 seats
AIC - 1.37% - 3 seats
ACDP, MF, DLC, TA, MOSA, APC, Aljama - Less than 1% - 1 seat each.

Mangaung (ANC majority) 
ANC - 56.52% - 58 seats
DA - 25.96% - 27 seats
EFF - 8.66% - 9 seats
FF Plus - 1.92% - 2 seats
AIC - 1.69% - 2 seats
ANA, Cope - Less than 1% - 1 seat each

Nelson Mandela Bay metro (Hung council)  
DA - 46.71% - 57 seats
ANC - 40.92% - 50 seats
EFF - 5.12% - 6 seats
UDM - 1.91% - 2 seats
AIC, UFEC, Cope, ACPD, PA - Less than 1% - 1 seat each

This article first appeared on News24