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#Elections2021: More than 80% of vote capturing completed in FS

───   KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 16:13 Wed, 03 Nov 2021

#Elections2021: More than 80% of vote capturing completed in FS | News Article
PHOTO: Kekeletso Mosebetsi

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the Free State province has completed 87% of local municipality vote capturing in the 2021 Local Government Elections.

One of its biggest municipalities in the Free State province, Mangaung, is off to a slow start with less than 50% of the votes captured, while smaller municipalities such as the Kopanong and Masilonyana Local Municipality’s vote count have already been finalised. IEC spokesperson, Mmathabo Rasengane, tells OFM News that the bigger municipalities, geographically, may take longer to complete because of their magnitude. The IEC has confirmed that more than 90% of municipalities in the country have completed their vote capturing.

OFM News can report that close to 13 local municipalities’ vote counting and capturing have been completed in the Free State province. OFM News previously reported on the podium positions of the top three leading political parties, with ANC leading the majority of the municipalities across the Free State province. OFM News reported that the voter turnout dropped to an all-time low during the 2021 local government elections.


OFM News/Kekeletso Mosebetsi and Lee Simmons

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