Smaller parties chip away at DA's Western Cape dominance

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Smaller parties chip away at DA's Western Cape dominance

However, smaller parties are reducing the DA's dominance in the province.Three small political parties in the Western Cape have managed to chip away at the DA's stronghold in the province, as vote capturing continued on Friday night.

The ANC in the Western Cape was desperately hoping its numbers would increase, but it only managed to secure 20.47% of the province.The Patriotic Alliance turned out to be the DA's biggest headache, taking a chunk of the"coloured vote", particularly in rural areas. The PA fared poorly in its first national and provincial elections back in 2014, garnering only 0.07% of the national vote, with its best showing being 0.4% in the Western Cape.The National Cape Coloured Congress, which is contesting the election nationally and provincially for the first time, received 31 618 votes ."People call it campaigning; I call it hard work.

"People are moving to Al-Jamah because they want to see change, and voters have seen that there has been no political will over the years from various other entities. We continue to do solid groundwork in communities," she said. Who we choose to trust can have a profound impact on our lives. Join thousands of devoted South Africans who look to News24 to bring them news they can trust every day.

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