The Electoral Commission (IEC) says the counting and capturing of votes is at an advanced stage as 99% of the results are already in the system awaiting scanning and auditing.
“This means of the 64,502 results expected, 64,467 have been captured into the results system. Of the 64,467 results captured, 64,402 have audited and 63,624 have been scanned into an image and [are] thus available,” the commission said.
The Western Cape is the only province seemingly behind in the finalisation of results as its completion status is at 93.3%, while the Free State remains the only province that has finalised the results at 100%. “The result collation process is about finalised. The next step in the electoral process is for the commission to formally declare the results and publish the names of the elected councillors. The publication of the names of councillors designate will facilitate the convening of inaugural meetings of the reconstituted councils.
“The number of completed municipalities now stands at 230 from a total of 257,” the commission said.
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