With almost a third of votes counted, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has projected an ANC victory with 57.3% of the vote, followed by the DA with 21.5% and the EFF with 9.7%. In the past, the government scientific research body has projected the end result accurately at an early stage in the counting using a predictive model that projects results received to similar areas where results are outstanding.

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