IEC says more than 60% of election results captured as collation continues
IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya says the commission has made steady progress in capturing election results, with more than 60% of the 66,073 results processed as of Thursday afternoon and the finalisation of the collation process expected by the weekend.
The IEC has reported that over 60% of local government election results from South Africa's 2026 elections have been captured, with the collation process expected to conclude by the weekend. Chairperson Mosotho Moepya announced this during a media briefing at the National Results Operations Centre in Midrand, noting that approximately 40,202 result slips have been scanned and 2,238 have undergone independent auditing.
The commission expressed satisfaction with the progress made in capturing and verifying the results, acknowledging the efforts of thousands of individuals involved in the process.
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