ANC manages to maintain slight lead in Gauteng overnight
The ANC, together with the DA and EFF, have remained at the top of the leaderboard, but it has been a tussle for the third spot between the red berets, and newcomers the MK Party.
ANC supporters outside a voting station in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal on 29 May 2024. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - With the capturing of Gauteng votes at almost the halfway mark, the African National Congress (ANC) has managed to maintain its slight lead overnight.
The party, together with the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), have remained at the top of the leaderboard, but it has been a tussle for the third spot between the red berets, and newcomers the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
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While the ANC managed to overtake the DA on Gauteng’s result board on Thursday, the margin of its lead overnight has shrunk slightly, with just over 38% of the vote so far.
The DA is not lagging too far behind, at just over 28% of support.
But the real battle has been between the EFF and the MK Party, which were neck and neck throughout the day.
After overtaking the red berets on the national board, the newcomers threatened to do the same in Gauteng, but the EFF has slightly widened its gap to maintain its third spot overnight.
Forty-six percent of the Gauteng vote has been captured so far.