IFP ‘excited’ as it takes three Newcastle wards off ANC in by elections

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has taken three wards off the ANC in the Newcastle municipality in KwaZulu-Natal in the latest round of by-elections, which were held on Wednesday. In doing so it has consolidated its control over the municipality – which it took off the ANC in the 2021 local government elections – and continued to build on the run of by-elections wins it has secured around the province since then. According to figures released by the Electoral Commission of South Africa, in Newcastle’s Ward 12, the IFP received 1 973 votes, followed by the ANC (763 votes), Team Sugar South Africa (TSSA), which took  256 votes and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (94 votes). The same pattern was played out in ward 19, where the IFP took 1 566 votes, ahead of the ANC (732), TSSA with 137 and the EFF with 65 and in ward 23, where the IFP  took 1 498 votes, the ANC 315, TSSA 213 and the EFF 0.

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Reference: https://mg.co.za/politics/2024-03-14-ifp-excited-as-it-takes-three-newcastle-wards-off-anc-in-by-elections/

Author: Paddy Harper