{"id":52832,"date":"2016-08-15T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/overstrand-election-results-20160804-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:17:03","slug":"overstrand-election-results-20160804-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/overstrand-election-results-20160804-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Overstrand election results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic Alliance won an overwhelming victory in the Overstrand with results showing growth for this party since the previous elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DA won with\u00a064.49% (45 964 votes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ANC\u00a031.25% (22 270 votes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EFF\u00a01.91% (1 362 votes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VF +\u00a01.59% (1 135 votes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The DA takes 16 council seats and the ANC takes eight council seats. For the first time, the EFF will have a representative in the Overstrand council, after winning one seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DA grew with seven percentage points from the 2011 local elections, when they won with 57%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ANC on the other hand lost four percentage points since the 2011 elections when they got 35% of the votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to the 2014 national results, the DA grew with eight percentage points from 56% and the ANC lost five percentage points from 36%. 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