{"id":10907,"date":"2026-11-06T11:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/anc-gets-30-in-south-africas-election-partial-results-show\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:31:55","slug":"anc-gets-30-in-south-africas-election-partial-results-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/anc-gets-30-in-south-africas-election-partial-results-show\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC gets 30% in South Africa\u2019s election, partial results show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Africa\u2019s once-dominant African National Congress was headed for its worst-ever election performance Friday with about a third of support after 80 percent of the votes from local government polls had been counted.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s municipal elections were dominated by concerns over failing water and power supplies in one of Africa\u2019s wealthiest nations which became a democracy in 1994 when the ANC took power.<\/p>\n

With final results expected by Sunday, the election authority dashboard showed the ANC was still the largest party with 31.8 percent of votes after 80 percent had been counted.<\/p>\n

Projections released Thursday by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a state-funded research body, put its support at nearly 32 percent.<\/p>\n

This was its lowest score yet for the party after it secured just over 40 percent at the 2024 national polls and 46 percent at the previous municipal elections in 2021.<\/p>\n

At the heart of South Africa\u2019s anti-apartheid struggle, the ANC \u2014 the party of jailed liberation hero-turned-president Nelson Mandela \u2014 took nearly 70 percent of the national vote in 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most severe result that the ANC would have feared,\u201d political analyst Daniel Silke told AFP. \u201cIt\u2019s the ANC\u2019s worst result in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will undermine its ability to exert authority across South Africa, not just at a local level, but frankly at a national level as well,\u201d he told AFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd opposition parties will be smelling blood when it comes to the next election in 2029.\u201d<\/p>\n

The party now led by President Cyril Ramaphosa has borne the brunt of criticism about years of municipal mismanagement that have left South Africans grappling with failing water supplies, persistent power cuts and crumbling public services.<\/p>\n

The pro-business, centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) was placing second with 24.2 percent of votes, according to the 80 percent count. This was up from nearly 22 percent in the 2021 local government election.<\/p>\n

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