What you need to know about #Election day in the Westside Area

Here is how the voting went down in Westside Yesterday

Westside had a historic number of candidates averaging over 30 across all three Wards including the independent candidates.

Below is your #Election Day in numbers nationally:

26 333 353 – Registered voters

11.8 million eligible youth voters in the age group 18-29 years and only 6.3 million registered with 28% voting

177 000 – Election officials trained

153 000 – Ballot boxes

133 000 – Voting booths

63 654 – Candidates- including independent candidates (18% more than 2011)

22 612 – Voting stations

204 – Parties contesting elections (68% more than 2011)

75 – Voter turnout percentage for 2011 municipal elections