DA leads Randburg wards as vote count continues

As the highly anticipated November 4 local government election day drew to a close, the counting of votes commenced.

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Preliminary tallies reveal early front-runners

According to preliminary results released by the IEC website at 12:00, the top three leading parties are as follows: Ward 102 results show that Bea Campbell-Cloete from the DA is leading the polls with 4 506 votes (82.02%), ActionSA’s Keabestwe Shumba is in second place with 298 votes (5.42%), and Rise Mzansi’s Robyn Porteous is in third place with 158 votes (2.88%).

• In Ward 104, the DA’s Emi Koekemoer is leading, with 6 396 votes (64.76%), ActionSA’s Mondli Bhikili in second place with 1 436 votes (14.54%) and Dumisani Madi from the ANC taking third place with 557 votes (5.64%).

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• In Ward 115, the DA’s Mark van der Merwe is leading with 1572 votes (49.56%), while ActionSA’s Precious Nkomo is in second place with 540 votes (17.02%) and the ANC’s Babalwa Galela is in third place with 502 votes (15.83%).

• In Ward 134, ActionSA’s Rivoningo Bila is leading the polls with 577 votes (30.48%), Moses Sadiki from the DA is in second place with 517 votes (27.31%), and Malesela Mawasha from the ANC is in third with 318 votes (16.8%).

5 wards still await counts

Wards 98, 99, 100, 101 and 114 currently have no results available as counting is still underway.

The Randburg Sun will continue monitoring the counting process and provide updates as further results become available.

Editor’s note: All results reported at this stage remain preliminary until ratified and published on the IEC’s results dashboard. For the most up-to-date results, visit: https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/

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