The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng believes that they could have performed much better in the province if the voter turnout had not dropped so drastically. With 100% of the votes in the province captured, the DA came in second, garnering 27% of the vote. This follows the African National Congress (ANC) with 35%, which marks a significant decline from the 2019 provincial elections.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secured third place with 13% of the vote, while the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) came in fourth with 10% of the voters’ support. Fred Nel, the DA’s Gauteng chairperson, expressed satisfaction with the election results.
“The DA in Gauteng is satisfied with the election result and performance in the election in Gauteng. Obviously, any political party would have wanted to get more votes, but given the fact that the voter turnout dropped by more than 13% the ability of the DA to retain the votes that it garnered in 2019 shows that the party is solid and very reliable and it’s increasing in its share of the national ballot is also a positive sign for the party in the province so the DA in Gauteng welcomes the new political dispensation and we believe that we have established a solid foundation for growth in the future.”
Meanwhile, ActionSA in Gauteng states that they will need to re-evaluate their strategy after falling short of their goals in the provincial election. The party placed fifth in the province, receiving 4% of the vote. Funzi Ngobeni, ActionSA’s Gauteng Premier Candidate, expressed disappointment with the results.
“As ActionSA in the province, we would have wanted to do better in the province than what we did in this election. At least we would have wanted to retain the votes that we got in the 2021 local government elections, especially in the metro’s. But that didn’t happen so that means we have to go back to the drawing board and look at where we went wrong and together with our structures and the leadership of the party to do an introspection,” said Ngobeni.
