South Africa's ANC Party on Track to Face 'Nightmare' Losses in Municipal Elections
With 71% of votes counted, the DA leads in Cape Town and the ANC faces coalition talks in major metros.
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ANC sinks to historic low after local polls
South Africa’s once-dominant African National Congress was headed for its worst-ever election score on Thursday with half of the results counted from local government polls giving it nearly 32 percent of votes. The party of liberation hero and political prisoner Nelson Mandela has governed since the advent of democracy in 1994, but has seen its support steadily drop in recent... Read more →
South Africa's ANC party on track to face 'nightmare' losses in municipal elections
South Africa's African National Congress party could face its worst-ever election result on Friday, with early counting suggesting it received only 32% of the vote in the country’s municipal elections. Over two-thirds of votes have been counted so far, and the final results are expected later in the day.
Nairobi, 6 Nov (EFE).- The historic African National Congress (CNA), the first party of the coalition government of South Africa, leads with 31.9% of the votes the count in the local elections Wednesday after 71% of the votes were counted, reported this Friday the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).According to the data [...] The entry The CNA leads the recount of the local elections in South Africa with 71% counted was first published in Ho…
The initial results of the municipal elections in South Africa showed a sharp decline of the ruling National Congress Party, as opposed to the progress of the Democratic Alliance and other parties, paving the way for a new phase of complex coalition negotiations.
ANC leads but loses grip as South Africa's local elections reshape power map
JOHANNESBURG-(MaraviPost)-South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) remains the country’s largest party in the 2026 local elections, but early results show a nation moving decisively away from one-party dominance and toward coalition rule. With 72% of votes counted in the party-list ballot, the ANC is on 31.94% support, according to provisional figures from the Electoral […]
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