THE Democratic Alliance (DA) is set to topple the governing African National Congress (ANC) in the next decade or less, party leader Helen Zille said on Friday.
Ms Zille said the party’s support had "increased by 33.7%" throughout the country, from 2009’s 16.6% to Friday’s 22.2%, and "by 40% in Gauteng", from 22% in 2009 to 32.3%.
But Ms Zille said the achieving this would take a realigned opposition to achieve.
Speaking during a media briefing at the Electoral Commission results centre in Pretoria, Ms Zille said it appeared the DA would this year secure more than four million votes.
"We look set to break through the 4-million voters mark, which is like our own psychological barrier," she said.
The DA retained control of the Western Cape, with an increased majority there from 52% in 2009 to 59%. It is the official opposition in Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Mpumalanga. Gauteng’s results are still pending, but the ANC has been leading by close to 55% votes.
Ms Zille said 1,1-million more people have voted for the DA compared to 2009, when the party got 2,9-million votes. Ms Zille claimed 700,000 of the new votes were from black people and that "40% of these votes were won in Gauteng."
Asked how she calculated the votes in terms of race Ms Zille said her party’s "number crunchers" had worked out the figure.
She said DA support among Indians and Coloureds stood at 61% and 67.7%, respectively. Support from white voters increased from 83.9% in 2009 to 92.8% in 2014, despite the opposing campaign from the "right wing," she said without mentioning the Freedom Front Plus by name.
Ms Zille said the DA’s campaign budget, estimated to be around R140m had been well spent. More than a R100m of the budget was spent in Gauteng.
DA CEO Jonathan Moakes said the benefits of the Gauteng campaign reached other provinces as well, citing television exposure as an example.
DA Gauteng candidate Mmusi Maimane said he was yet to decide whether or not he would remain in Gauteng, or joined the national Parliament after the counting has been concluded.
MANIFESTO: Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille speaks at the party’s election manifesto launch in Polokwane in February. Picture: THE TIMES
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) is set to topple the governing African National Congress (ANC) in the next decade or less, party leader Helen Zille said on Friday.
Ms Zille said the party’s support had "increased by 33.7%" throughout the country, from 2009’s 16.6% to Friday’s 22.2%, and "by 40% in Gauteng", from 22% in 2009 to 32.3%.
But Ms Zille said the achieving this would take a realigned opposition to achieve.
Speaking during a media briefing at the Electoral Commission results centre in Pretoria, Ms Zille said it appeared the DA would this year secure more than four million votes.
"We look set to break through the 4-million voters mark, which is like our own psychological barrier," she said.
The DA retained control of the Western Cape, with an increased majority there from 52% in 2009 to 59%. It is the official opposition in Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Mpumalanga. Gauteng’s results are still pending, but the ANC has been leading by close to 55% votes.
Ms Zille said 1,1-million more people have voted for the DA compared to 2009, when the party got 2,9-million votes. Ms Zille claimed 700,000 of the new votes were from black people and that "40% of these votes were won in Gauteng."
Asked how she calculated the votes in terms of race Ms Zille said her party’s "number crunchers" had worked out the figure.
She said DA support among Indians and Coloureds stood at 61% and 67.7%, respectively. Support from white voters increased from 83.9% in 2009 to 92.8% in 2014, despite the opposing campaign from the "right wing," she said without mentioning the Freedom Front Plus by name.
Ms Zille said the DA’s campaign budget, estimated to be around R140m had been well spent. More than a R100m of the budget was spent in Gauteng.
DA CEO Jonathan Moakes said the benefits of the Gauteng campaign reached other provinces as well, citing television exposure as an example.
DA Gauteng candidate Mmusi Maimane said he was yet to decide whether or not he would remain in Gauteng, or joined the national Parliament after the counting has been concluded.
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