ANC takes Mpumalanga
2011-05-20 12:02
Pretoria - The ANC took 2.2 million votes
(78.93%) in Mpumalanga, according to the final results of Wednesday's municipal
poll released by the Independent Electoral Commission on Friday.
The Democratic Alliance followed with 387 756
votes (13.79%), and the Congress of the People trailed at 32 222 votes (1.15%).
The African People's Convention garnered 24 765
votes (0.88%).
A total of 2.9 million ballots were cast -
two ballots per voter, one for ward councillors and another for proportional
representation.
Of the 1.7 million registered voters, 960 745
people made their mark.
In the Balfour municipality in Mpumalanga -
the site of violent service delivery protests over the past three years - the
ANC took 19 683 votes (59.82%).
The balance went largely to the DA with 4645
votes (14.12%), Cope with 3378 votes (10.27%) and the Socialist Civic Movement
with 2897 votes (8.81%).
There were 2 766 spoilt votes. Altogether 12 076
of the 19 683 registered voters cast their ballots.
In the Emalahleni Municipality - which DA
leader Helen Zille promised to fix in five years while on the campaign trail -
the ANC took the largest chunk of votes, 189 936 (71.65%), while the DA garnered
66 451 votes (25.07%).
No other party received more than one percent
of the vote in the municipality, which also saw service delivery protests ahead
of the polls.
- SAPA
