# The Electoral Commission has started to release the first results of the local government elections. The ANC is the first party to win a ward in the local government elections, securing Ward Three in Kamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape, with 52.54-percent of the vote. Only three-percent of the votes have been counted nationally, with 939 of the 23-thousand-696 of the voting districts completed. The IEC says the final results and council seat allocations will be announced within seven days.
ANC becomes the first party to win a ward as results start to trickle in