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Residents form a queue to cast their special vote in the Thabazimbi Local Municipality by-election at the Regorogile SASSA Offices in Limpopo on 03 December 2024.
A hung council has emerged yet again at the Thabazimbi Local Municipality in Limpopo, following Wednesday’s municipal by-election.
According to the Electoral Commission (IEC) results portal, none of the contesting political parties and independent candidates garnered sufficient votes to govern on their own.
The African National Congress (ANC) got 10 seats, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) with four seats and the Thabazimbi Residents Association (TRA) with three seats.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) each obtained two seats respectively, while the Thabazimbi Forum for Service Delivery received one seat.
With all votes counted, the ANC received 39.65% of the voter support, down from 47.4 in the 2021 municipal election.
The DA increased its percentage from 15.3% to 16.21%.
The EFF also saw an increase from 10.38% in 2021 to 13.3%.
TRA suffered the biggest decline from 11% to 1.9%.
The IEC is expected to announce the official results soon.
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