The Northern Cape became the first province to complete the capturing of the 2026 local government elections, African National Congress (ANC) topped the votes with over 41% and got 191 seats in the council.
The Democratic Alliance finished second with almost 22% of the votes and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are occupying third spot with 9% of the votes, followed by the Patriotic Alliance (PA) with 8%.
The Northern Cape had just over 700 000 voters for the polls, the province accounts for less than 3% of South Africa’s registered voters for the recently concluded elections.
LGE 2026 | The Northern Cape has become the first province to complete vote capturing. The ANC leads the council standings, with the RTC and DA trailing in the race for council control. SABC News reporter Keith Sayster brings the latest. https://t.co/7SPMCJ9miU
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IEC Provincial Head of Elections in the Northern Cape Elkin Topkin says that they are glad that they have finally concluded the hard work that they have been doing for the past four days without sleeping.
“It has been quite a long four days for us, especially last 48 hours without sleep and we are really glad that we’ve concluded. There is still the issue of Siyaquma where we have one outstanding voting station, this we cannot conclude which means the municipality can’t constitute as well and it’s bitter sweet issue but we hope we will have a speedy resolution to it. it’s really an exhorbitant time for our staff members, 40 hours without sleep and still having to continue and I must say we are so grateful to our staff who are committed and dedicated.”
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