ELECTION RESULTS | Free State remains under ANC rule with 52% of the vote

The Free State will remain under ANC rule for the next five years, with the party winning 52.88% of the votes in the province in Wednesday’s elections.

The counting and verification of votes in the province was completed Saturday morning. The ANC won with 439,707 votes (52.88%). This was a decrease compared to 2019 62.94%.

The DA therefore remained the largest opposition party 21.31% of the votes. The party’s support increased from 17.05% in 2019.

The EFF accounted for 13.09% of the vote, a slight increase from 11.60% in 2019.

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