Voters turned out at local voting stations on November 4 to cast their ballots in the municipal elections.

Preliminary results from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) website for the Rosebank district indicate that the DA is leading across several wards.

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Ward 72

In Ward 72, under councillor Daniel Schay, the party secured 15 017 (86.7%) votes, followed by ActionSA with 646 (3.7%) votes and the ANC with 635 (3.7%) votes.

Schay said: “I feel privileged and absolutely humbled by the incredible and overwhelming support that the residents of Ward 72 have given me and the DA.”

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Ward 73

In Ward 73, under councillor Dominic Günther Bauer, the party leads with 867 (51.64%) votes, followed by Rise Mzansi with 308 (18.34%) votes and the ANC with 227 (13.52%) votes.

Ward 74

In Ward 74, under councillor Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku, the party leads with 2 950 votes, followed by ActionSA with 535 votes and the ANC with 345 votes.

Kayser-Echeozonjoku said the residents of Ward 74 had spoken with a clear voice by giving her and the DA an increase in vote share.

• 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/