With talks of coalitions in the major metros still rife after the weekend, the African National Congress (ANC) took victory in all Tembisa wards followed by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), which took a few voting stations in some wards.
The leader of the DA, Mmusi Maimane, said over the weekend that the DA set out to bring the ANC to below 50 percent.
“Our mayoral candidate, Herman Mashaba, will be seeking to lead a coalition government in Johannesburg.
“In Ekurhuleni, the DA has grown from 25 percent in 2006, to 34,2 percent in 2016. The ANC’s support has collapsed from 61 percent in 2006 and 2011 to 48,6 percent in 2016. Our mayoral candidate, Ghaleb Cachalia, will seek to lead a coalition government in Ekurhuleni,” the DA leader said at a press conference.
DA Member of Parliament Mike Waters, on Monday, confirmed the DA’s intention to seek a coalition government in Ekurhuleni.
Locally, the results in the various Tembisa wards were as follows:
- Ward 1 – Despite five out of nine voting stations in ward 1 going to the ANC, the majority of the votes went to the DA, with the latter party claiming 59.43 percent of the votes.
- Ward 2 – The results for ward 2 showed 56.58 percent of the votes going to the ANC.
- Ward 3 – The first results for Tembisa wards saw the ANC claiming ward 3 with 47.05 percent of the votes.
- Ward 4 – The results for ward 4 showed the ANC taking 71.69 percent of the votes.
- Ward 5 – With 60.72 percent of the votes, the ANC recorded the most votes in ward 5.
- Ward 6 – The results for ward 6 showed 70.41 percent of the votes going to the ANC.
- Ward 7 and 8 – The ANC claimed ward 7 as well as ward 8 with the latter resulting in 59.61 percent of the votes going to the ANC.
- Ward 9 – 61.19 percent of the votes in ward 9 went to the ANC, followed by the EFF with 26.01 percent.
- Ward 10 – The results for ward 10 showed the ANC taking 67.43 percent of the votes, followed by the EFF with 22.45 percent.
- Ward 11 – The results for ward 11 showed the ANC getting 69.95 percent of the votes.
- Ward 12 – The results for ward 12 showed the ANC receiving 54.71 percent of the votes, followed by the EFF with 31.41 percent.
- Ward 13 – The results for ward 13 showed the ANC taking the majority of the votes at 46.03 percent, followed by the DA with 25.79 percent.
- Ward 14 – The results for ward 14 showed the majority of the votes going to the ANC.
- Ward 89 – The results for ward 89 showed ANC taking 49.44 percent of the votes, followed by EFF with 31.02 percent.
- Wards 90 and 101 – The results for ward 90 and ward 101 also showed the majority of the votes going to the ANC.
