LGE2026 - IEC: More than 60% of local election results captured
More than 60% of South Africa’s 66 073 local election results had been captured by Thursday evening, with the IEC warning that verification and objections must still be completed before results are declared official.
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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