It's official: The DA will govern Cape Town for another five years, but with a reduced majority.
The final results announced on Thursday revealed that the DA won the Western Cape's only metropolitan municipality with 58.2% of the vote. This is down from the 66.7% it received in August 2016. In that election it secured 154 seats, but it now holds 135.
“I sincerely thank the people of Cape Town for putting their trust in me and the DA for the next five years,” he said. “We are humbled by this show of faith, and we will work tirelessly to make every Capetonian proud to live in this city under a DA government that cares for them and works for them,” he said.
“While we have disappointedly noted a huge decline in voter turnout especially in our strongholds which has directly resulted in an electoral decline overall, we are encouraged and salute the communities who have given us votes in their wards, especially those that were under other political parties,” it said on Thursday.
It was the first time a political party campaigned at the world heritage site, and EFF's last- minute efforts ensured that the party snatched the historic island from the ANC's clutches.Former Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille's new party Good won nine seats.
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