The counting of ballots has been proceeding at a brisk pace on Thursday in the province.
With nearly 55% of the vote in the Western Cape counted by 10.25am on Thursday, the DA was hanging on to a majority to allow it to keep governing the province without the need for a coalition.
With more than 890,000 votes cast, the DA had 57% of the vote, followed by the ANC at 26.97% and Patricia de Lille’s new party GOOD in third with more than 3% of the vote.GOOD was created after an acrimonious split from the DA last year during a very public divorce that saw De Lille leaving and taking several DA officials with her.
The EFF, African Christian Democratic Party and Freedom Front Plus were in fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, with FF+ continuing to show signs of the overall growth they have shown in this year’s elections will now possibly allow them to be represented in the province.
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