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South Africa’s early municipal election results have shown the African National Congress (ANC) with a sharply reduced vote share, weakening the long-dominant party’s control of key cities such as Johannesburg.
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results → show → Johannesburg
The ANC was on about 32 percent of the vote, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) in second place at 25 percent, after more than 60 percent of the votes had been counted in this week’s municipal elections, data from the election commission showed late on Thursday.
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data → count → Thursday
Meanwhile, former President Jacob Zuma’s breakaway opposition uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party was in third place with 8.5 percent, below levels suggested by opinion polls.
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party → suggest → polls
About 15.9 million of 29.2 million registered voters cast ballots, the electoral commission said, putting turnout at an estimated 54.5 percent, up from 46 percent in the pandemic-hit 2021 local elections.
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commission → register → elections
The ANC, which has been South Africa’s largest party since it led the country out of apartheid in 1994, has tended to do worse in municipal elections than nationally and has acknowledged its failures in local governance.
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it → lead → governance
From nearly 70 percent of the national vote in 2004, the ANC fell below 50 percent for the first time in the 2021 municipal elections, winning 46 percent.
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ANC → fall → percent
At the 2024 national elections, it managed just more than 40 percent and was forced to accept a unity government with nine other parties, including the DA.
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it → manage → DA
The party, now led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, has borne the brunt of criticism about years of municipal mismanagement that have left South Africans grappling with failing water supplies, persistent power cuts and crumbling public services.
It has also faced corruption allegations, while splinter parties have eaten away at its support base.
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parties → lead → base
The results of this week’s local ballot will offer a key measure of voters’ sentiment ahead of the 2029 general election.
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results → offer → election
The MK party had been tipped as one of the few parties capable of securing an outright majority in the eastern port city of Durban.
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party → tip → Durban
But projections by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a state-funded research body, put its support there at 32 percent.
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projections → fund → percent
The DA, meanwhile, was forecast to retain control of tourist magnet Cape Town with 56 percent of the vote, with its leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis, already declaring victory.
The party was also leading with 34 percent in Johannesburg, the country’s financial capital, after running a spirited campaign spearheaded by its former leader, Helen Zille, 75, according to CSIR projections.
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party → forecast → projections
With outright majorities far from assured in several major cities, the results could usher in another round of complex coalition negotiations, with parties bargaining to assemble the alliances needed to govern.
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parties → assure → alliances
Final results are expected on Sunday.
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results → expect → Sunday
The Aporia
