The 10 closest by-election contests in SA since 2016

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SAElections2019 These by-election results were down to the wire.

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TimesLIVE presents the 10 closest contests of the past three years; by-elections that were decided by a handful of votes:Dr JS Moroka is in the north-western corner of Mpumalanga, bordering Gauteng and Limpopo.

When the Nqutu council was dissolved all 17 of its wards were up for grabs – and most of them had been won with less than 55% of the vote. The council and the municipality had been split down the middle – an IFP-led coalition matched by its ANC-led counterpart – but the new round of elections saw the ANC lose four wards to the IFP, handing a clear majority to the latter.

The ANC lost its council majority in Metsimaholo after the 2016 elections, but a coalition of the DA, EFF, FF+ and the Metsimaholo Community Association couldn’t agree on a municipal budget and the council was dissolved. By-elections in November 2017 were a wholesale affair, with both ward and proportional representation councillors elected on the day.

The ANC won the ward comfortably with 55% of the vote in 2016 but slunk to second place behind the EFF in the by-election. The EFF won the ward with just 37% of the vote, the ANC won 36% and the DA got 20%. Just 11 votes separated first from second place.Dr JS Moroka is in the north-western corner of Mpumalanga, bordering Gauteng and Limpopo.

The DA won this ward with just 49% of the vote in 2016. With 41% the ANC wasn’t far behind, and the party won the by-election rematch by 48% to 45%. Only 45 votes separated the two parties. The by-election upset gave the ANC a bit more breathing room in a hotly contested municipality.Matzikama is in northernmost tip of the Western Cape and contains the town of Vredendal.

He received 47% of the vote to the 45% of the ANC candidate. Just 33 votes separated the two. The EFF played the part of spoiler, coming third with 124 votes.AbaQulusi is part of inland KwaZulu-Natal. It includes the town of Vryheid.

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