In first place, is the African National Congress who stands at 328 625 votes compared to 292 073 votes yesterday. The Democratic Alliance stands at 129 839 votes compared to 123 954 votes yesterday. In the third position is the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) who stands at 68 032 votes compared to 54 005 votes on Wednesday. This is according to the IEC's dashboard. The ANC stands at a percentage of 50.55%, the DA at 19.97%, and the EFF at 10.46%. As it stands, these figures show a drastic decline in the total votes recorded in 2016 in the province.

OFM News previously reported that this is a huge drop for all three parties, compared to the ANC’s 434 696 votes in the 2016 election. The DA followed with 185 401 votes, and the EFF had 64 183 votes, which shows a decline in support.

OFM News' Lucky Nkuyane reported political parties in the Northern Cape have confirmed preparations for the coalition talks following ten hung councils in some of the municipalities. The ANC’s provincial secretary, Deshi Ngxanga, has confirmed that the party will be entering into talks with different political formations and will be leading the talks. Amongst others, the DA, EFF, and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) also confirmed that they will be discussing the coalition talks but no final decisions have been taken yet. These three parties told OFM News that their national leadership will pronounce itself after the declaration of the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) results by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). EFF’s provincial secretary, Shadrack Tlhaole, says the EFF Central Command Team (CCT) will provide its directive once the party has held a planned media briefing on Thursday.

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