Western Cape Premier candidate Alan Winde celebrates the Democratic Alliance's 1 million vote win in the Western Cape at the Counting and Results Centre (ROC) at Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town on May 31, 2024. (ER Lombard/Gallo Images)
- The DA will again govern the Western Cape for the next five years.
- With voting in all 1,572 constituencies completed on Saturday night, it was clear that the DA had retained power in the Western Cape with an absolute majority of 55%.
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With voting in all 1,572 constituencies in the Western Cape now complete on Saturday night, it is clear that the DA has retained power in the Western Cape with a 55% majority.
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However, the South African Electoral Commission (IEC) is yet to announce the results of the election.
The DA won a similar percentage of the state vote in 2019, with its best performance coming in the 2014 general election, when it won around 60% of the vote.
The ANC received just 19% of the vote in the province, its worst performance ever.
The Patriotic Union won 7.8% of the vote.
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It was a huge joy for the DA as 1,088,303 Western Cape residents voted in favour.
Speaking at the IEC Western Cape Operations Centre on behalf of the DA, DA councillor Grant Twigg said the party would continue the work it had started in the province.
Asked about the party's growth in the state, Twigg said:
The DA is a party that is constantly growing. We don't really focus on other parties. We focus on ourselves and whatever we do, we have to ensure that the people of the Western Cape continue to be satisfied with the services that we provide. That is the basis for us to grow and for people to continue to support us.
DA provincial leader Terthuis Simmers said Alan Winde would remain Western Cape premier and would soon form a government.
Mr Simmers thanked DA supporters and voters for their support of the party.
For the ANC, the election results in the Western Cape were yet another disappointing one.
In the 2009 general election, he won 31% of the vote, in 2014 he won 32%, and in 2019 he won 28.63%.
This is our duty and we will never hesitate to deliver on the promises we make to our citizens. I am so proud of our government and the people of this great province. Together we can achieve a lot to ensure the Western Cape remains a province of hope and value. pic.twitter.com/jzM8EdRG33
— Prime Minister Alan Winde (@alanwinde) June 1, 2024
The 2024 election results will be the party's worst since democracy began.
ANC provincial spokesman Khalid Said said the biggest lesson was that campaigning doesn't happen overnight.
“That started a long time ago. We have to do the basic preparations and get our message out there for over a year. We need to build strong, stable organisations in the local areas to ensure we have the mechanisms in place to reach voters.”
“We feel we have presented a good message as an alternative government in the Western Cape, but we still have a long way to go,” he said.
The Patriotic Union won a major victory in the Western Cape.
Despite being established 10 years ago, the Palestinian Authority has remained on the fringes of South African politics until the 2021 local elections.
Still, his national approval rating was below 1%.
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The party's strongest showing was in the Western Cape province in this election, where it received 2.36% of the vote.
In the last national and provincial elections in 2019, the Palestinian Authority received just 652 votes in the Western Cape, a mere 0.03% of the vote.
More recently, the PA won the constituency in Oudtsholen with 1,279 votes (65.4%) and the Swartland Municipality constituency with 853 votes (40.18%).
This will be the first time the party has seats in the Western Cape provincial legislature.
PA Provincial Secretary Candice Geswind said the Western Cape plans to “do more than talk”.
