Numbers, comment and short analysis of ward by ward final results in the 1 November 2021 local government election in Makhanda shared here, with permission, from Steven Lang’s Twitter feed @PoliticalBent
#Makana #ElectionResults2021 In Ward 1 both the ANC and the DA lost support to the EFF – but the ANC candidate retained the ward
WARD 1 ANC CANDIDATE: Phumelele Peter
(DA: Cary Clark; EFF: Mzamo Booysen)
#ElectionResults2021 in #Makana Ward 2 the MCF has gained about as much support as the ANC has lost.
WARD 2 ANC CANDIDATE: Ramie Xonxa
(DA: Khaliphani Mziwakhe; MCF: Lungile Mxube)
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#Makana Ward 3 #ElectionResults2021 show that both the ANC and the DA have suffered small drops in support to accommodate the new local party – the MCF
WARD 3 ANC CANDIDATE: Andile Hoyi (DA: Godfrey Brockman; MCF: Ntombuzuko Faxa)
#Makana Ward 4 – the DA lost support heavily to the MCF. The ANC also lost support to the MCF #ElectionResults2021
WARD 4 DA CANDIDATE: Geoff Embling (MCF: Philip Machanick; ANC: Gretchen du Plessis)
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#ElectionResults2021 for Ward 5 in #Makana Municipality the ANC a massive win. Interesting result is that MIND got more support than the EFF and DA combined
WARD 5 ANC CANDIDATE: Gcobisa Mene
(MCF: Zongezile Tsotsa; MIND: Chris Bower; DA: Mohammed Ullah; EFF: Nolutando Buwa)
#Makana Ward 6 #ElectionResults2021 The ANC won the ward with almost precisely the same result that it had in 2016. The MCF gobbled up most of the votes cast for an independent in 2016. The EFF took a few extra votes.
WARD 6 ANC CANDIDATE: Vuyani Jezi
(Independent: Vuyolwethu Madinda; EFF: Lonwabo Baba)
In #Makana Ward 7 the ANC dropped almost 20 percentage points in its support and the DA lost about half its support. The MCF notched up yet another big gain.
WARD 7 ANC CANDIDATE: Lunga Masinda
(MCF: Xolelwa DOnyeli; EFF: Anele Gacula; DA: Xolani Madyo)
#ElectionResults2021 in #Makana Ward 8 confirm the DA’s Cary Clark as Councillor to replace B Jackson of the same party. The MCF’s Nuthu Blow came in 2nd with a creditable 28%
Ward 7 in the Makana Municipality was the first ward to release full results. It has a registered population of 1,525 voters – but only 598 turned out to vote. This means that the voter turnout for the ward was just a shade under 40%.
WARD 8 DA CANDIDATE: Cary Clark
(MCF: Nthuthu Blow; ANC: Ruben Ngxesha; MIND: Jock McConnachie)
#ElectionResults2021 in #Makana Ward 9 – The ANC lost a huge part of its support to the MCF but it still won the ward by a comfortable margin. This is one of the few wards where the EFF lost support too.
WARD 9 ANC CANDIDATE: Thozamile Yaka
(EFF: Anelisa Bentele; MCF: Zwelethemba Yaka; DA: Luvuyo Sizani)
#ElectionResults2021 in #Makana Ward 10 – The ANC won the seat even though it lost a large proportion of its support. The MCF took almost a quarter of the votes in the ward and the DA has become almost irrelevant in the ward.
WARD 10 ANC CANDIDATE: Zodwa Cetu
(MCF: Mxolisi Ntshiba; EFF: Lusanda Boma; DA: Xolani Madyo)
#ElectionResults2021 in #Makana Ward 11 show the ANC holding on to a reduced majority while the MCF made significant inroads into the share of other parties.
WARD 11 ANC CANDIDATE: Sakhiwe Zono
(MCF: Thandisizwe Matebese; EFF: Thembela Gqasana; DA: Thandisizwe Dudu)
#ElectionResults2021 in #Makana Ward 12 dominated by Rhodes University produced a narrow victory for the ANC’s Mzobanzi Nkwentsha. The MCF and EFF candidates followed closely behind.
WARD 12 ANC CANDIDATE: Mzobansi Nkwentsha
(MCF: Xabisa Bodla; EFF: Thulani Tshabalala; DA: Tiego Thotse)
WARD 13 RESULTS (IEC RESULTS DASHBOARD)
WARD 13 ANC CANDIDATE: Wandisile Matina
(MCF: Milo Geelbooi; DA: Brian Jackson)
#ElectionResults2021 from Ward 14 in #Makana show massive drop in support for the ANC and the DA. An independent candidate received almost a quarter of the votes.
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#Makana Ward 14 #ElectionResults2021 The Independent Candidate, Vuyani Nesi won the Ward seat with 40,45% or 724 votes. The ANC had the most PR votes with 49,54 or 650 votes. Nesi received 721 votes in the Alicedale Town Hall voting district, No. 1004001
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#ElectionResults2021 #SpoiltBallots in #Makana per ward. There were an unusually high number of spoilt ballots in the Ward 14 PR votes. Why?
WARD 14 INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE: Vuyani Nesi
(ANC: Mkhuseli Antoni; DA: Theo Bruintjies; EFF: Siyabonga Bashe)
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#Turnout figures for all wards in #Makana #ElectionResults2021 Ward 12 (students) had the lowest turnout while the largely rural Ward 14 had the highest percentage turnout in the municipality
COUNCIL SEAT ALLOCATION
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#ElectionResults2021 for #Makana Council. Seat Allocation:
ANC – 14
MCF – 5
DA – 5
EFF – 2
Independent – 1
Council will have 27 Councillors
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