{"id":34824,"date":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=900da11e17a4ab029b1b80141522acc2"},"modified":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"gains-for-smaller-parties-in-the-northern-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/gains-for-smaller-parties-in-the-northern-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"Gains for smaller parties in the Northern Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"
Updates earlier figures<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
With at least 74% of the Local Government Election results completed in the Northern Cape, indications are that parties with a traditionally smaller base of supporters are garnering more votes than they did in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At the current rate, the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) and the Patriotic Alliance have made the most gains in the province.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
By 4pm on Tuesday, the FF Plus\u2019s support had doubled from 1.42% in 2016 to 3.4% this year while the Patriotic Alliance \u2013 which did not receive even a percentage of the support in 2016 \u2013 is on course to capture at least 3% of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At this hour, the Economic Freedom Fighters has surpassed its 2016 support by nearly a percent after garnering at least 9% of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape is leading the pack with the most votes garnered and seats won.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As at this afternoon, the ANC is taking the lead in at least 21 of the province\u2019s councils but only gaining outright control of 12.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
By this Tuesday afternoon, the Democratic Alliance had lost nearly three percent support coming in with just over 21% of the votes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The results of five municipalities are yet to be revealed with five hung councils in the province.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Vote counting is continuing at the IEC\u2019s Results Operations Centre in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Updates earlier figuresWith at least 74% of the Local Government Election results completed in the Northern Cape, indications are that parties with a traditionally smaller base of supporters are garnering more votes than they did in the 2016 elections….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n