ELECTION - FINAL RESULTS

We are now able to bring you the final results for the 2011 Elections

 Once again we must thank the Independent Electoral Commision and elections.org.co.za for providing these statistics.

NATIONAL RESULTS

National Results

NATIONAL PERCENTAGES

National Percentages

ADDITIONAL RESULTS STATISTICS

Additional Statistics

Finally, an update on our earlier news item: DA calls for recount:

After the recount, the DA has won outright control of Cape Town Metro with 61% of the vote. This story will be featured on AndNowComrade? in our post election coverage.

These stats bring our Special Edition coverage to an end. However, we have much more commentary coming very soon from our correspondents, covering the post election politicing among the various parties.


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posted by: babasizwe

ELECTION RESULTS - WARD WINNERS

We are pleased to be able to bring you these results from the Independent Electoral Commision, of Ward Winners in the Metropolitan Regions of South Africa. We also provide links to an interactive map giving all the regional results:

WARD RESULTS FROM THE IEC

Bloemfontein (Mangaung)

Cape Town

Durban (e-Thekwini)

East London (Buffalo City)

East Rand (Ekerhuleni)

Johannesburg

Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay)

Pretoria (Tshwane)

Interactive Map

Election Map

"Interactive Local Election Map"

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Unprecedented Voter Turnout

While we still await the final results from the IEC, We are now able to bring some statistics which are representative of the final outcome.

There are a number of outcomes worthy of comment:

Voter Turnout:

The impression given by analysts halfway through Wednesday polling was of extremely poor voter participation. How wrong can the analysts be;

Unprecedented turnout of almost 57% for the municipal elections; the highest ever for an election of this nature in South Africa - can be attributed to an exciting election campaign and the tight contests that were expected in key areas, analysts and politicians say.

Thanks to all for a memorable day!

Your correspondent would like to thank all who helped make yesterday, 18 May 2011 one to remember. Especially, thanks must go to our readers who endured all the update notifications; without you there would be no reason to write these articles.

I will still be around for a few more days while the various posts are edited (and just maybe a little longer thereafter), and will no doubt have a final say.

Babasizwe

SABC ELECTION RESULTS WEBSITE FEED CRASHES

The much promised live update from the SABC website on http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/news/pages/home Has crashed!!!

The page returns the following message:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, you@your.address and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

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IBM_HTTP_Server Server at www.sabc.co.za Port 80

Could anything else have been expected!


Babasizwe, Johennesburg, South Africa

Up to 18% Dropoff of Voter Turnout

Political anlayst says us many as 18% fewer votes may have been cast in this election, with the biggest dropoff among black voters. From 48 percent voter participation in 2006, a little over 40% of the electorate may have cast the vote today.

via SABC TV2 Political Newscentre Cape Town

If so this would surely be a "vote" of no confidence in the performance of elected officials. More to follow on this item from this correspondent.

Babasizwe, from Johannesburg

Cape voters threaten to boycott future elections

Community members in poorer Cape Town communities said they will boycott future elections if no improvements made

Story at EWN

angasivukasizwe from Cape Town

Voting Still Continues

21h51 Johannesburg:
A handful of polling stations are still processing voters. Counting will start after all voters have finished..

Source: SABC TV2
Babasizwe

IEC official suspected of influencing voters

The Independent Electoral Commission has said it is investigating a report that one of its own officials has been trying to influence voters at a polling station in the Western Cape.

Provincial Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz claims the official has been asked to leave the station in Factreton after attempting to persuade voters in the queue to support the National Party South Africa.

Eyewitness News

Babasizwe....

First election results announced

The first local government elections results feom Independent Electoral Commission’s results centre in Pretoria.
Randfontein in Western Gauteng. The ANC gained 57.1 percent of the vote and the Democratic Alliance 42.9 percent.

Babasizwe...

War Talk Heats Up

"Political war talk heated up on Wednesday afternoon as voting day entered its last stretch, with the opposition DA crying foul while the ruling ANC boasted about electioneering being "in its blood".

"we are actually happy that other parties were campaigning in the manner they were campaigning. This is in our blood, we are used to it, it's in our DNA," ANC elections head Fikile Mbalula,"

May 18, 2011 5:07 PM | via Sapa

Full story at timeslive.co.za

ANC cries foul over DA bread handouts

Voting in the Western Cape was largely uneventful, marred only by an ANC complaint to the IEC that the Democratic Alliance was handing out bread to voters.

Patricia de Lille, the DA's mayoral candidate in Cape Town, said she was unaware of the incident and doubted that any DA official would have done what was alleged

More at: iol.co.za and on ETV News

‘Boycott TV licence over election coverage’

Unequal party exposure and excessive coverage of ANC by SABC finally provokes strong reaction

See the feed on iol.co.za

Babasizwe: from Johannesburg South Africa

Polling Closed - Election Peaceful

Most Polling Stations throughout South Africa are now closed, the majority on time at 19h00, although a few are still processing those voters already in the queue.

From all accounts it appears the election went off peacefully; we are trawling news feeds to find any exceptions.

SABC News claims DA and ANC supporters are celebrating in a friendly manner, both confident of victory, while DA Leader Helen Zille is reported to be lodging complaint with IEC over suspected ballot illegularities. More on this story as it develops

DA remains silent over claims by ANC they will win Cape Town Metropolitan.

Babasizwe, from Johannesburg, South Africa

Today's Voting Experience

As promised, your correspondent did it the hard way today. First up was the 'rural long distance walk' or in this case it was the urban version...

Beginning with second look in at Charter House (Little Falls) where it was still fairly quiet, no more than 70 people. Then down to Panorama Primary School (Voting Station for Weltevreden Park) where it was very quiet. no more than 7 vehicles outside (as well as another 6 belonging to election officials and party personel). Inside were no more than 15 voters. (11h30 SAST approx).

What was very clear from the publicity banners outside the venue, and in the surrounds, was these are both strong Democratic Alliance (DA) wards. At Panorama, a solitary sign for the ANC on the back of a party vehicle, and a lonely looking couple representing the Freedom Front, one would have though suspected there were any other candidates for this ward.

Zille cries foul

Zille cries foul in Mandela Bay Officials withholding proportional ballot paper
May 18, 2011 3:35

Helen Zille headed for the IEC office in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro this afternoon to report that election officials in at least one polling station were withholding proportional ballot papers from ill-prepared voters.

Full story at

http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=66041

Babasizwe...

SA Polling is Peaceful

SA polls peaceful - Natjoints

As politicians renewed their call for people to go out and vote on Wednesday afternoon, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) said it was satisfied that communities across South Africa are casting their ballots in stable and peaceful conditions.
Natjoints is operating from a military base in Pretoria and is responsible for coordinating all security-related activities for the local government elections.

Over 131,000 people have been deployed under Natjoints, including police, soldiers, metro police and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) staff.........

Eyewitness News: SA polls peaceful - Natjoints

Babasizwe...

From Nelson Mandela Bay

Voters at Missionvale queueing since 02hoo. Still unable to vote - no ballot papers yet
via SMS at 09h07

Municipal elections in 283 towns and cities

The 2011 4th South African Nationwide Municipal Elections in 283 cities and towns got underway this morning at 07h00.

By all acounts a chilly morning, with cool weather expected in most parts:
Johannesburg ▼7° ▲18° Cape Town ▼10° ▲18° Vereeniging ▼5° ▲19° Pretoria ▼10° ▲20° Durban 18° ▲24°


Close on 24 million people are registered to vote in the polls ......

People have already queuing at some stations across the country in a bid to cast their votes as early as possible.

MIDVAAL, JHB
All eyes will be on Midvaal, south of Johannesburg, as the ANC battles to regain control of the only DA run municipality in Gauteng.

At the Sicelo informal settlement, in Midvaal, there are almost 200 voters in the queue with some saying they have been queuing since 3am. They said they are there to vote for change.

The informal settlement has been the focus of the ANC campaign in Midvaal with close to 1,000 portable toilets delivered here by the provincial government last week.

They said the DA run municipality has not provided for poor black communities but the mayor said he asked for the toilets a year ago and the provincial government refused.

IEC officials told Eyewitness News that they expect up 9,000 to vote there today.


ZANDPRUIT INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, JHB There is a strong police presence in the area; has been the scene of recent violent service delivery protests.

MITCHELL’S PLAIN, Cape Town along with Khayelitsha and Hangberg in Hout Bay are regarded as hotspot areas in hotly contested Cape Town Municipality.

VOTING PROBLEMS

Despite assurances everything would be ready at 7am, it was not to be. Ballot papers not arrived at 7am in Soweto.

Other areas experiencing problems include Sunnyside, in Pretoria, Lonehill station and Protea Ridge north which were not opened by 7.30am.


POLITICIANS VOTING

DA leader Helen Zille will vote in Cape Town at 8am while her Johannesburg mayoral candidate Mmusi Maimane will cast his ballot at the Allan Glen High School in Roodepoort at the same time.

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi votes at 9:45 in Ulundi and President Jacob Zuma has gone home to Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal where he will vote at 11am.

Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo voted at the Eastgate Primary School.

PROBLEM AREAS

Potential problem areas have been identified as Flagstaff and Pedi in the Eastern Cape, Standerton and Balfour in Mpumalanga and Nongoma, Ulundi, Umsinga and Durban.

More on this story:
http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/

From Times Live: In spite of a few problem areas,

'Most peaceful' contest
The campaign for tomorrow's poll had been the most peaceful campaign of all post-apartheid electioneering, the Election Monitoring Network said yesterday

I visited the nearest polling station shortly after 07h00 Charter House Pre-Preparatory School to get a feel of the atmosphere. There were around 40 people braving the early morning chill, in a calm and jovial mood.

More soon
Babasizwe...

Voting Day Begins

From all accounts the nation is ready to vote.

In just a few hours polling stations will open, and the rush will begin.

Although today is a public holiday, many will be going to work. Among them the staff of shopping outlets, who will be working so the rest of us can buy our daily supplies.

This correspondent spoke to a few of these today. In particular one lady, a shop assistant at the local Spar, said she would be going to vote before going to work... She lives in Soweto, and works in the north western suburb of Little Falls. This means in addition to the 3 hours she spends every day travelling in each direction by mini-bus taxi, she will need to catch an extra taxi at dawn to the polling booth.

This will be a common experience for many of our citizens...

AndNow Comrade? correspondents will later today be joining the vast majority of our fellow citizens in using one of the limited available public transport or other methods to get to a polling station, and will bring you their experiences.

Our Cape Town correspondent will be travelling by metrorail; from Johannesburg, I, Babasizwe will be using the minibus, and later will try what millions will be doing especially in our rural communities, where the only regular form of transport is on foot.

Until Later

Babasizwe, reporting from Johannesburg