The IEC result centre in KZN today. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News AgencyThe IEC result centre in KZN today. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News AgencyA party agent catches a few winks after a gruelling night at the KZN election centre in Durban. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News AgencyDurban - The DA and the IFP were locked in a neck to neck battle on Friday morning to become the official opposition to the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal.
With 64% of the vote counted by 9am, the IFP had garnered 17% of the vote while the DA had 15.29% of the vote. The ANC had secured 53.08% and were on track to govern the province.DA KZN leader, Zwakele Mncwango said the IFP had "reached the ceiling" of their votes as the majority of rural areas - the core of their support base - had been counted."When I see these results we will retain our position as the official opposition in KZN.
Mncwango said that the ANC had been kept in check in this election in KwaZulu-Natal and was unlikely to get beyond 60% "If you zoom into eThekwini we have captured about 50% and the ANC is sitting 49% in eThekwini and the DA is sitting at 30% while the IFP is at 3%. It tells you that while the DA is getting stronger in eThekwini than the IFP. Also, the ANC is dropping," he said.
Nationally, the ANC had polled 57.22% of the national vote, the DA 21.8%. Of the 12 million that had been counted - almost 6,8 million had gone to the ANC.
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