All the latest news, analysis and results from the 2016 local government elections as it happens. Refresh your browser for the latest updates...
All the latest news, analysis and results from the 2016 local government elections as it happens. Refresh your browser for the latest updates...
7.20am
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The ANC has hung onto the Kou-Kamma by its fingernails. With 100% of the votes counted, the IEC has the final result as follows:
ANC: 51% (57% in 2011)
DA: 44% (42% in 2011)
EFF: 2%
7.20am
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A quick wrap for those have just joined us:
Just after 7am, with 39% of the vote counted around the country, the ANC was ahead with 51% to the DA's 32%. The EFF had 6.6% of the vote.
In the highly contested Nelson Mandela Bay metro, the DA and ANC had have won two seats. An IEC official said that about 90% of the votes in the region had been counted and about 30% had been audited and captured.
The DA was ahead in the other highly contested metros. In Joburg, where 18% of the vote had been tallied, the DA had 44% to the ANC's 40% and the EFF's 10%.
In Tshwane, the DA was ahead with 48% of the vote to the ANC's 39% with 25% of the vote counted.
The DA has meanwhile claimed its first municipality in the Eastern Cape with victory in Kouga where all votes have been counted.
This is a significant 'bell-weather' result for the Eastern Cape and could suggest a similar swing in neighbouring Nelson Mandela Bay.
The IEC recorded the result as follows:
DA: 57% (48% in 2011)
ANC: 40% (49%) in 2011)
This has not been a good election for Numsa general secretary, Irvin Jim, whose United Front has been hammered hard in Nelson Mandela Bay. Jim said he was confident his party would win 10 wards (it is contesting 43), but it has not to its name so far and has just 0.41% of the vote.
The IFP appears set to recapture lost ground from the NFP, which is only contesting one municipality. With 50% of votes counted for the Nquthu Local Municipality, the IFP had 45% of the vote, followed by the ANC with 41% and the NFP with only 8%.
Ethekwini remains a strange electoral black hole - the only major metro where NO votes have yet been declared for any voting district. This seems odd when contrasted with the steady progress in counting in all other metros.
7.05am
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A national wrap with 39% of the vote in:
ANC: 51.1%
DA: 31.6%
EFF: 6.6%
6.50am
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The DA and ANC have won two seats apiece in Nelson Mandela Bay. An IEC official said that about 90% of the votes in the region had been counted and about 30% had been audited and captured.
6.21am
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The DA seems to have claimed the Kouga municipality with the IEC saying that 100% of the votes have been counted. This is a significant 'bell-weather' result for the Eastern Cape and could suggest a similar swing in neighbouring Nelson Mandela Bay.
The IEC records the result as follows:
DA: 57% (48% in 2011)
ANC: 40% (49%) in 2011)
6.12am
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With less than a third of the votes tallied, the DA has moved into the lead in all three battlegrounds.
A quick summary:
TSHWANE: Counting is 21% complete and the DA has 49% to the ANC's 39%. The EFF is close to 8%.
JOBURG: With 18% counted, the DA has 46% to the ANC's 39%. The EFF has accumulated almost 10% of the vote
NELSON MANDELA BAY: With 28% counted, the DA has 56% of the vote to the ANC's 34% and the EFF's 4%
6.07am
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Early success has come for the DA in Swellendam where it has replaced the ANC as the largest party. In 2011, the ANC won 42% of the votes to the DA's 41% in a nail-biter. This time around, the DA won with 48% to the ANC's 45% with the ACDP (6% in 2011), the biggest loser coming in with under one percent of the vote.
5.50am
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This has not been a good election for Numsa general secretary, Irvin Jim, whose United Front has been hammered hard in Nelson Mandela Bay. Jim said he was confident his party would win 10 wards (it is contesting 43), but it has not to its name so far and has just 0.41% of the vote.
5.42am
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The IFP appears set to recapture lost ground from the NFP, which is only contesting one municipality. With 50% of votes counted for the Nquthu Local Municipality, the IFP had 45% of the vote, followed by the ANC with 41% and the NFP with only 8%.
There are early indications that the IFP might also be winning back some ground from the ANC in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
5.25am
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Ethekwini remains a strange electoral black hole - the only major metro where NO votes have yet been declared for any voting district. This seems odd when contrasted with the steady progress in counting in all other metros.
5.15am
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The DA seems set to hammer the ANC in Cape Town if the early results are to be believed. With around 140,000 votes counted, the DA has 74% of the vote to the ANC's 17%. The EFF has 3% of the vote.
5.05am
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A look at the national picture: With 29% of the vote counted, the ANC has 50% of the vote, the DA 33% and the EFF 6%. Again, the 'early days' disclaimer applies.
4.58am
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The ANC has taken the early lead, winning six of the eight municipalities officially declared so far. In the Northern Cape‚ the ANC won Thembelihle‚ Kamiesberg and !Kheis municipalities. In the Eastern Cape the ANC won the Blue Crane Route and Sundays River Valley municipalities.
In Mpumalanga the ANC was victorious in Victor Khanye.
The DA won the Bergrivier and Swellendam municipalities in the Western Cape.
4.45am
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Good morning. Although it's early days and these results are subject to change, let's kick off with a quick look at what happened overnight in the three key battlegrounds:
NELSON MANDELA BAY: The DA has 55% to the ANC's 34%
TSHWANE: The ANC has 45% to the DA's 42%
JOBURG: The DA has 43% to the ANC's 35%
It's really early days and it is likely, if you follow logic, that results for areas with less developed infrastructure, which favour the ANC, are likely to come in later.
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