MK Party holds onto early election lead as vote counting continues

With 76% of the election votes counted in KZN, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) continues to dominate the polls locally.

While counting has reached 100% in some municipalities in the Zululand region, including uMlalazi (IFP with a 42.65% lead), Mthonjaneni (retained by the IFP with 58.29%) and Mandeni (MKP leading with 48.49%, counting is yet to be concluded in uMhlathuze, which had reached 91% before lunchtime.

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The MKP leads with 39.09% in uMhlathuze, securing 18 council seats thus far, followed by the IFP with 24.65% of valid votes and securing 4 seats, and the ANC with 15.88% of the votes.

The MKP has reportedly secured 23 of the city’s 36 wards, with the IFP obtaining 6, the DA 5 and the ANC 2.

The results are yet to be declared by the IEC.

The proportional representation (PR) vote results are yet to be finalised, which will determine the final composition of the uMhlathuze municipal council.

The PR votes will determine whether one single party has an outright majority or whether the municipality will again be governed through a coalition.

Further north, preliminary results show the IFP dominating the early poll results at Ulundi Municipality with 73.36% of the vote, with MKP at 8.31% and the ANC 7.29%.

The IFP further extends its dominance in Nongoma with 51.28% of the votes, MKP with 19.61% and the ANC trailing at 11.27%.

Track the live results on the IEC website: https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/

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