DA leads in Eldorado Park wards
The DA has taken an early lead in two of Eldorado Park’s contested wards, with thousands of votes counted so far.
The DA’s Priscilla Pinkie Ferris and Fazel Jaffer are leading in Wards 17 and 18 in Eldorado Park, with only two out of eight districts counted in Ward 17 and two out of nine districts in Ward 18.
In Ward 17, Ferris is leading with 780 votes, followed by Dwain Adin Ponsonby of the Patriotic Alliance (PA), who has 640 votes.
Ward 17 covers Eldos, Kliptown and Klipspruit West, with 2 149 votes counted so far.
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In the highly contested Ward 18, which covers Eldos and Bushkoppies, there are 2 049 votes counted so far.
Jaffer is leading (Ward 18) with 829 votes, followed by Juwairiya Kaldine of the PA with 794 votes.
Ward 18:
- Jaffer – DA (829 votes)
- Kaldine – PA (794 votes)
- Yahya Mohammed – Al Jama-Ah (88 votes)
- Nomathamsanqa Lucky Mkhonza – ActionSA (68 votes)
- Zaida Krauser – ANC (63 votes)
- Shàquill Tristan Kasan – People’s Movement for Change (39 votes)
*2 049 votes counted so far
Ward 17:
- Ferris – DA (780 votes)
- Dwain Adin Ponsonby – PA (640 votes)
- Marc Leandere Gerren Smith –Community First Movement (291 votes)
- Willem Meshark van Wyk – ActionSA (97 votes)
- Simon Morgan Stanford – Rise Mzansi (60 votes)
*2 149 votes counted so far
*Note: This are not the final results. Last updated at 12:41.
