IEC confirms 150 of 213 municipalities have finalised the results

The Electoral Commission says the results processing is almost near completion. In giving an update on the counting and tallying of results, the IEC reported that 150 of the 213 municipalities, excluding the 44 District Councils, have complete results. Furthermore, the Northern Cape is the first province to have complete results.

The balance of the results that still need to be completed are mostly in the Metropolitan municipal areas because of the high number of voting districts given the population densities in these urban nodes.

The commission has further cautioned against disinformation from social media posts claiming that election results in Wards 4 and 23 in Emalahleni Local Municipality in Mpumalanga were withheld because the ballots cast exceeded the number of registered voters.

The commission has further sought to debunk a claim that a municipal official voted four times, reminding the public that no single person can vote multiple times, as a voter may only cast a ballot in the voting district in which they are registered.