MK Party leads in early KZN election results
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leads early KZN results with 32.7%, followed by the ANC and IFP with 17% of votes counted
With 27% of the votes counted nationwide so far, all eyes are on the final results of the Local Government Elections.
After voting stations closed on Wednesday night, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been capturing results from voting districts across all nine provinces.
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leads early KZN results with 32.7%, followed by the ANC with 24.69% and IFP with 21.85%.
In uMhlathuze, the MKP is currently dominating, leading the polls with 45.1%, followed by the IFP at 34.5% and the ANC with 12.63%.
As at 5pm on Election Day, the IEC reported that 12 million voters had cast their ballots.
Gauteng led the pack with 3 million voters, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 2.5 million, Western Cape with 1.5 million, Eastern Cape with 1.4 million, Limpopo with 1.1 million, Mpumalanga with 854 901, North West with 702 1337, Free State with 588 237 and Northern Cape with 299 381.
Counting and results process
* Soon after polling stations close, the ballot papers are counted at the voting station where they are cast, in the presence of party agents, independent candidate agents and accredited observers
* Sealed ballot boxes are opened, and ballot papers are checked for the Electoral Commission’s security stamp. Ballots are then sorted and counted separately for each electoral contest, namely the proportional representation (PR) ballot, ward candidate ballot and, where applicable, the district council PR ballot
* Following the count, the results for each contest are reconciled against the ballot papers received, issued, unused, spoilt and counted at the voting station
* Results slips are captured in duplicate, signed by the presiding officer, and countersigned by party agents before being displayed at the voting station as soon as counting and tallying of results is completed
* Party agents are allowed to take photographs of the signed results slips
* The results are subsequently scanned and captured at the local IEC office and subjected to verification and independent external auditing
Track the live results on the IEC website: https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/
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